New York Daily News has an item about the president’s daughter Malia. The subject is childhood obesity.
The First Lady recalled visiting the pediatrician and being warned that “he was concerned that something was getting off balance.”
She hadn’t noticed the changes, Michelle Obama said, and the doctor suggested that she take a look at her kids’ [...]
From the category archives:
Celebrities
Jezebel.com discusses eating disorders and “fitness” magazines:
The hypocrisy of women’s “health” magazines becomes fairly obvious just by looking at their covers. For example, this month’s Self magazine features one cover line, “Be Happy And Healthy At Any Size” tucked below a much larger cover line: “3 Easy Ways To Lose Weight.”
Now, that is fairly benign. [...]
Carrie Underwood recently revealed the methods she uses to keep slim and sexy:
When I gain weight, it’s in the spare-tire area. I’ve told trainers abs are a physical impossibility for me. And every single time, they’re like, ‘Well, we’ll get you abs!’ So do I have them? No! But they’re as flat as they’re probably [...]
A recent report from TMZ.com is food for thought.
He’s a six-time Mr. World Fitness champion, a jacked-up physical specimen — but Franco Carlotto claims he wasn’t strong enough to take down a bowl of cereal …
We don’t have all the details of the event or the suit, of course, but it does seem a [...]
Madonna is an example of a celebrity who has kept fit. But is she doing too much? A discussion of fitness and overtraining.