In the summer, I like to exercise outside as much as possible – soak in enough sun (with sunscreen on, of course!) to make up for all those dreary winter months. I almost always wear my heart rate monitor to track the calories I burn. But this simple guide from the American Council on Exercise [...]

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It makes perfect sense – a new report finds a link between “active transportation” — biking, walking or taking mass transit — and less obesity in 17 countries in Europe, North America and Australia. Researchers from the University of Tennessee and Rutgers University say countries with the highest levels of active transportation generally had the [...]

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