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So readily available food, lack of desire or need to exercise, and static forms of entertainment (television, computers, etc.) have nothing to do with obesity? Sounds like HFCS is a cop out. PlanetExpressdelivery  

AlmostFit is a space to discuss my efforts to lose weight and improve my health using a slow, holistic approach. Holistic meaning, simply, Whole. I have tried dozens of less-than-whole approaches, like extreme dieting, outrageous exercise (given my physical state at the time), and the, "I give up...  

The US government unveiled a exercise guide for Americans on Tuesday, recommending two and half hours of physical activity a week for adults as a means of avoiding a range of health problems.  

FRANKFURT, Germany - The German cycling federation confirmed Tuesday that Stefan Schumacher tested positive for blood doping before and during this year's Tour de France and has started proceedings against the rider that could result in a two-year ban.  

The nation's new exercise guidelines set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults, that's 2.5 hours a week.  

Adults should aim to get in 2 1/2 hours of exercise a week and children should run and play for at least an hour a day, according to new exercise guidelines issued by the U.S. government on Tuesday.  

Children and adolescents should get at least one hour of exercise every day, and adults should get at least two and one-half hours of physical activity per week, according to new federal guidelines.  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Get moving: The nation's new exercise guidelines set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults, that's 2½ hours a week.  

LONDON (AP) -- The future of men's road cycling in the Olympics could be threatened unless the sport cleans up its doping record.  

ST. LOUIS -- Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but exercise may do something even better: It seems to make the heart younger. At least, that's what Washington University researchers here found when they asked a dozen older folks to participate in endurance exercise training.  

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong hit back yesterday at insinuations he sullied cycling's premier event, saying he reigned over the race when the sport's popularity was at a peak. "The last time I checked, I won the Tour seven straight years and was never once found to be guilty of...  

Not since 1984, just before the fall of the Soviet Union, has Russia ventured to launch dozens of nuclear bombers for an exercise in which Tu-95 Bear bombers will fire live cruise missiles.  

Lance Armstrong says the Tour de France organizer's new president is being pretentious by claiming that the seven-time champion has "embarrassed" cycling's premier race.  

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong hit back Saturday at insinuations he sullied cycling's premier event, saying he reigned over the race when the sport's popularity was at a peak.  

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has "embarrassed" cycling's premier race, the new head of the Tour's organizer said in an interview Saturday.