Healthworks, Nonprofit Gym In Boston, Teaches Healthy Living In Poor Community

In an urban, low income Boston neighborhood, lack of access to healthy food and fitness centers gives the area a high rate of obesity. The introduction of Healthworks, a nonprofit gym , is aiming to reduce obesity and teach healthy living to local women. The gym charges each member based on their income, letting some members pay as little as $10 a month

Healthworks, Nonprofit Gym In Boston, Teaches Healthy Living In Poor Community

Shannon Cutts: Deploying Our Youngest Solders in the ‘War on Obesity’

I have been interested to read the discussion of last month’s Huffington Post blog regarding Michelle Obama’s “War on Obesity” . Thank you to everyone who has weighed in thus far in various formats to continue the dialogue! What has encouraged me — readers who write in to say “thank you” for at least presenting an alternative to yet another “war”. To all of you, please know that I appreciate your willingness to consider alternative routes to addressing such a critical issue.

Shannon Cutts: Deploying Our Youngest Solders in the ‘War on Obesity’

Debenhams & Airbrushing: British Department Store BANS Retouching

British department store Debenhams has been embracing female beauty in all of its forms as of late. Back in January, plus-sized mannequins were displayed in store windows.

Debenhams & Airbrushing: British Department Store BANS Retouching

GMC brands German GP Daniel Ubani ‘incompetent’ after out-of-hours death scandal

Add to My Stories Incompetent: Dr Daniel Ubani killed a pensioner by injecting him with ten times the correct dose of morphine A German doctor who killed a pensioner during his very first shift in Britain was yesterday condemned as incompetent in a damning verdict by the General Medical Council. Yet despite the decision – and fury of his victims’ families – Dr Daniel Ubani remains free to carry on practising medicine in his home country.

GMC brands German GP Daniel Ubani ‘incompetent’ after out-of-hours death scandal

Useful and Resourceful 411 Canada

411 Canada is one of the popular local search engines of Canada. It is owned by the Yellow Pages Group (YPG) that pioneered the business of directories back in the early part of the 20th century, circa 1908. YPG is also the official publisher of many..

Useful and Resourceful 411 Canada

How superfoods can be BAD for your health

Add to My Stories Foods hailed for their health benefits could actually be detrimental, say US researchers. They’ve found a Mediterranean diet could put heart attack victims at greater risk of cardiac problems.

How superfoods can be BAD for your health

Off the ropes, and back into the ring – boxing makes unlikely comeback in schools and clubs

Nov 15th, 2009 | Filed under Guardian-Fitness
Off the ropes, and back into the ring – boxing makes unlikely comeback in schools and clubs

A decade ago there were calls for the sport to be banned on safety grounds. Now even its harshest critics have been won over Boxing is undergoing a big resurgence, with tens of thousands of people taking part in schools and gyms across the country each week. The number of people registered with amateur clubs in England has nearly tripled since 2005, and the sport is likely to get a further boost from David Haye winning a world heavyweight title 10 days ago.

Beat the new year rush to join a gym

Nov 15th, 2009 | Filed under Guardian-Fitness
Beat the new year rush to join a gym

As winter looms, an indoor workout can appeal more than a run in the cold and wet. But don’t cut corners on comparing gym memberships, and exercise your negotiating skills It’s all very well to ditch your expensive gym membership for exercising in the great (free) outdoors but going for a run after work can seem less appealing as the days get darker, wetter and colder.