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Outsmarting common diet pitfalls

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Exercise helps people eat healthier: Study

Not only can exercising in conjunction with a better diet help someone control their weight, increased physical activity in itself can help someone make better eating choices, according to a study from...

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Break the calorie curse of the cubicle

Does working make us fat? Sure, vigorously typing emails does not exactly qualify as exercise, but can knowledge-based work itself somehow increase our chances of gaining weight? There is new evidence...

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Exercise vs. diet choice: Do both

Once again researchers have shown that the battle to lose weight isn't best resolved by diet alone. Nor is exercise the sole solution. Nope, when it comes to whittling away unwanted pounds it's the combination...

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Dance fitness classes step up the cardio fun

Exercise loves company and adores rhythm, so why pound a treadmill when you can dance your cardio workout away?

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Fitness: Don't just sit there, it's dangerous

Who knew that sitting ranks right up there with deadly habits like smoking and not buckling up your seatbelt?

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Little bending required for these ab exercises

Sit-ups can be tough on the spine, says an expert, who offers three alternatives to improve core strength.

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Finding the sweet spot in group fitness

Whether it is Zumba, bootcamp, yoga or kickboxing, whatever your workout pleasure is, there's nothing like a great fitness class to get you to the gym and keep you coming back for more.

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Photos: 2012 health and fitness trends

The American College of Sports Medicine surveyed 2,620 professionals worldwide for trends that are most likely to predict the future of the health and fitness industry. They are:

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Strength training's not just for bodybuilders anymore

The variations have new names but center on the same main principle -- whether you yank on suspension bands, pull stretchy rubber tubes, heft a bulbous low-tech kettlebell or pump traditional free weights...

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Most of us could stand to lose five, 10 or even 15 pounds of body fat

Photos: Top 10 fat loss tips

Tried and true steps to a slimmer you

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Learning the language of fitness

Fire your glutes, relax your traps, lengthen your spine, engage your core. If the instructions are confusing, you're not alone.

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Should blood type guide your food choices?

The idea of eating according to your blood type became popular with the 1996 book "Eat Right 4 Your Type" by Peter D'Adamo, a naturopath physician. The theory is that the genes behind blood type also ...

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