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Your spouse, your kids, your parents or yourself, it doesn't matter who you do it for, you just have to do it. Making changes to your lifestyle and body to give yourself the body and health you desire will be simple after you read this article and put its knowledge to use.

Little Things that Transform your Health

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Staying wholesome and always keeping yourself in good shape doesn't have to be hard. Honestly, for the most part, being healthy and in shape isn't going to take much more than a few small good habits. So many people hold out until they are woefully out of shape or facing critical illness to try to figure out how to get in shape or return to a former level of health. If individuals just did a couple of little things regularly, however, having good health wouldn't be a problem. If you are interested in learn several smaller habits that you can develop to increase your health.

Car Commuters Gain More Weight

Last Updated: 2013-01-25 15:59:08 -0400 (Reuters Health)

By Kathryn Doyle

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People driving to work every day are packing on more pounds than their colleagues on trains, buses and bikes, according to a new study from Australia.

"Even if you are efficiently active during leisure time, if you use a car for commuting daily then that has an impact on weight gain," lead author Takemi Sugiyama of the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne told Reuters Health.

Study Suggests Lowering Cholesterol Earlier in Life

Last Updated: 2012-10-25 15:40:42 -0400 (Reuters Health)

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teens and young adults may want to pay attention to their cholesterol levels instead of waiting until later, when there is less room for improvement, according to a new study.

There is no ironclad proof that doing so would actually benefit anyone, and the idea that people under 35 should be screened for high cholesterol is controversial. But some doctors now believe the circumstantial evidence is strong enough to warrant earlier interventions.

Can Exercise Detoxify the Body? Experts Skeptical

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Last Updated: 2012-12-17 10:55:31 -0400 (Reuters Health)

By Dorene Internicola

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The word "detoxification" is flung around the fitness community as frequently as kettlebells are swung.

Yoga teachers regularly speak of detoxifying twists, aerobics instructors of detoxifying sweat, dieters of detoxifying fasts. But health professionals are skeptical.

Spending on Food Advertising to Kids Fell in '09

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Last Updated: 2012-12-21 15:25:13 -0400 (Reuters Health)

By Diane Bartz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Food companies spent considerably less to advertise to children in 2009 than they did in 2006 as they shifted to the Internet, and products pitched to kids got slightly healthier, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said in a report on Friday.

Cereal makers, fast food restaurants and other food companies spent $1.79 billion to advertise to children aged 2 to 17 in 2009, down almost 20 percent, on an inflation-adjusted basis, from $2.1 billion three years earlier, the FTC said.

Early Scheduling Gets More Patients to Cardiac Rehab

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Last Updated: 2012-12-28 14:10:20 -0400 (Reuters Health)

By Andrew M. Seaman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Scheduling heart patients' first cardiac rehabilitation session within 10 days of hospital discharge gets more of them to show up, according to a new study.

Researchers found the earlier scheduling led to an 18 percent increase in attendance at that first cardiac rehab orientation session, compared to appointments that were scheduled a month or more after discharge.