fitness

Taking the stairs

It’s OK if you only hit 8,500 steps today — and sit while you work. Fitness myths, debunked.

What makes 10,000 daily steps the magic number? Why does everyone at the office suddenly have a standing desk? Both have less to do with scientific evidence than you may think.

It’s OK if you only hit 8,500 steps today — and sit while you work. Fitness myths, debunked.
Lacing up for a jog.

How games are changing the way we stay fit

How games are changing the way we stay fit
Stephanie Drazic is SmugMug's office manager.

Watch office workers become athletic gods

Watch office workers become athletic gods
BollyX Fitness class in Cambridge, MA.

BollyX combines Bollywood dance moves with aerobics to make you more fit

BollyX combines Bollywood dance moves with aerobics to make you more fit

November Project's Growing Fitness 'Tribe'

November Project's Growing Fitness 'Tribe'
Amaranth seedlings being grown in southern Mexico’s Tehuacan valley. The plant's seeds are high in protein and its leaves are high in iron, vitamin C and calcium.

Alt staple lunch: Mexicans push return of an ancient grain

400 years after the Spanish banned it, amaranth is making a comeback in Mexico as a high-nutrition staple that's also resistant to climate change.

Alt staple lunch: Mexicans push return of an ancient grain

Medici Children Suffered from Malnutrition During Italian Renaissance

Italian paleopathologist Valentina Giuffra has been studying the skeletons of nine children born to the Medici family in Florence during the Renaissance. She tells anchor Marco Werman that their bones showed signs of rickets.

Medici Children Suffered from Malnutrition During Italian Renaissance

Study Points to 10 Key Nutrition Interventions that Could Save the Lives of Children

A new study outlines 10 key nutrition interventions that could save almost a million children a year. Host Marco Werman speaks with lead author Zulfiqar Bhutta of Pakistan's Aga Khan University.

Study Points to 10 Key Nutrition Interventions that Could Save the Lives of Children
Sisipho (center) and her friends show how much money they've made selling sandwiches.

School Year Blog: Making Sandwiches to Help Disabled Children

Some girls at COSAT get sick of all the junk food at their school and decide to start selling healthy sandwiches. The money starts rolling in, and they decide to spend it in an extremely noble way.

School Year Blog: Making Sandwiches to Help Disabled Children

Humanity Now Consuming 100 Billion Servings of Instant Noodles Annually

A trade association based in Japan has claimed that we, the peoples of the world, are eating more instant noodles than ever before.

Humanity Now Consuming 100 Billion Servings of Instant Noodles Annually

Global Images of Beauty Push Sudan Women to the Gym

Sudan traditionally prized plumpness in women, but rising rates of diabetes, combined with global images of beauty, are convincing middle-class women in Khartoum to head to the gym to lose weight.

Global Images of Beauty Push Sudan Women to the Gym

Yes, A Mediterranean Diet is Good For You

News of a new study showing that a "Mediterranean diet" is good for your health isn't really news for people in Spain.

Yes, A Mediterranean Diet is Good For You

US Ambassador to Finland Goes Great Guns

Bruce Oreck is the US Ambassador to Finland. He also happens to be a former professional body-builder. And now, Oreck is flexing his diplomatic muscle on the cover of Finland's ProBody magazine.

US Ambassador to Finland Goes Great Guns

Study: People Living Longer, But Not Necessarily Healthier

People around the world are living longer than they did a few decades ago, but they aren't necessarily healthier. Tobacco and alcohol-related problems are on the rise, as are diabetes, obesity and depression.

Study: People Living Longer, But Not Necessarily Healthier

French Senator Proposes 'Nutella Tax'

In France, there is a proposed amendment to put a 300 percent tax on palm oil, which is deemed unhealthy. The amendment has been nicknamed the "Nutella tax" because the chocolate-hazelnut spread contains no less than 20 percent palm oil.

French Senator Proposes 'Nutella Tax'