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Food for Thought: Should We Tax Junk Food, Subsidize the Good Stuff? Should we tax junk food and subsidize vegetables and other unprocessed foods? 7/26/2011 10:00:00 AM
6 Fitness Rules Meant to be Broken Doing Pilates for long muscles? Crunching to flatten your abs? Some exercise advice has been around so long that it's downright wrong! Get the NEW rules for effective exercise. 7/26/2011
3 Zucchini Recipes: 15 Minutes Each, Under 100 Calories Garden churning out zucchini faster than you can eat them? Chef Meg has three new recipes that will put a tasty (easy!) spin on a favorite summer veggie. 7/25/2011 2:00:00 PM
How to Pack a Waste-free Lunch The average school-age child generates more than 60 pounds of waste each year just from disposable lunches. Learn how you can save money and the planet this school year. 7/25/2011 10:00:00 AM
8 Ways to Be a Happier Mom Bring a smile to your face—and your family's—by making small changes to your routine. 7/25/2011 6:00:00 AM
Contest Closed: 10 People Will Win 'Fast Track to a Better Body' Coach Nicole loved this book, and now you can enter to win it! 7/22/2011 6:00:00 PM
I'm Almost To Goal, So Now What? ~INDYGIRL has been slowly and steadily losing weight for years. Her goal is in sight, but she's nervous. What comes next? Of course, she has a plan! 7/22/2011 2:00:00 PM
How Snacking Can Help--or Hurt--Your Weight Loss A recent study suggests that our snacking habits cause overeating. We've rounded up a variety of resources to help you make healthy snack choices. 7/22/2011 9:00:00 AM
Tips for Staying Cool and Healthy During Extreme Heat Much of the nation is shrouded in conditions of extreme heat. Use these tips to help you stay cool when the temperature heats up. 7/21/2011 2:00:00 PM
No Workout Buddy? Virtual Partners Motivate Just as Well Workout buddies can make the experience more enjoyable, and also push you to work harder than you would have alone. But what happens when you don't have someone to do it with you? 7/21/2011 10:00:00 AM
Healthy Food Awards: Best Frozen Treats Enjoy these 7 healthy frozen desserts from your grocery store's freezer. They have been tasted and approved by editors and nutritionists. 7/21/2011 6:00:00 AM
Workout Music: What We're Exercising to Right Now Need some new tunes to help make your workouts fun again? Here are 28 great tracks to try! 7/20/2011 2:00:00 PM
Dr. Birdie's Take on the 'Potato Chips Will Make You Fat' Study Have you seen the study that said potato chips will make you fat? Dr. Birdie, SparkPeople's medical expert, explains what you REALLY need to know about foods that /make you fat.' 7/20/2011 10:00:00 AM
WATERMELON: Nature’s Sweet Summer Treat Spice up your summer cooking and wow your guests with 10 Watermelon recipes. 7/20/2011 6:00:00 AM
Overweight Children More Likely to be Bullied A recent study shows that children who are overweight are not only more likely to have health issues later in life, but are also more likely to be bullied. 7/19/2011 6:00:00 PM
Doing Something Trumps Doing Nothing According to a recent article in USA Today, the American College of Sports Medicine is advocating a just get moving approach to becoming active. 7/19/2011 2:00:00 PM
7 Simple Whole-Grain Pasta Salads Today Chef Meg teaches you how to cook without a recipe. On the menu: pasta salad, several ways! 7/18/2011 2:00:00 PM
Smart Swaps for Summer Drinks Sipping drinks in the summertime can really pack on the pounds. Find out how many calories you're really drinking and how you can still savor the flavors of summer for a fraction of the calories! 7/18/2011 12:39:00 PM
Are Healthier Kids Menus Coming to Your Favorite Restaurant? A new collaboration wants to help families make healthier choices when eating away from home. Learn about the new Kids Live Well campaign and see how it can help your family. 7/18/2011 10:00:00 AM
How to Complain Effectively in Any Situation Learn the best way to make your point and get what you want. 7/18/2011 6:00:00 AM
We're Giving away $200 in MISSION Athletecare Products (CLOSED) Want to win sunscreen and other products to help you prepare, perform and rehab from your workouts? Enter our MISSION Athletecare giveaway! 7/15/2011 6:00:00 PM
VIDEO: Dear 16-year-old Me It's important to remember to protect our skin from the harmful rays from the sun, along with tanning beds. We're sharing a video about melanoma cancer and how it can affect anyone 7/15/2011 2:00:00 PM
15 Hunger-Fighting Foods Having lost 150+ pounds with SparkPeople, ~INDYGIRL knows how to keep hunger at bay. She shares her favorite foods. 7/15/2011 10:00:00 AM
Meet SparkPeople's Newest Employee! Meet Sarah, the newest SparkPeople employee! Find out how she's helping to improve the site! 7/14/2011 2:00:00 PM
What Really Works to Keep the Weight Off A new study of maintainers has found that the strategies they used to lose the weight are not quite the same as the ones they use to maintain it long-term. 7/14/2011 10:00:00 AM