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When you’re sweating through an intense workout, you probably reach for a sports drink to  rehydrate your body.  But which beverage is right for you?

Sports drink - Beverages - Business - Food and Related Products - Drink

Searching for a gift for the exercise enthusiast on your list? Whatever the sport or activity, we have ideas that are fun, functional and in a range of prices to help keep you fiscally fit.

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Obese students at a historically black college near Philadelphia won't have to take a fitness class to graduate after all.


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Studies have concluded that exercise can enhance the immune system, but is the effect great enough to stave off swine flu?

Immune system - Health - Infectious disease - Conditions and Diseases - Influenza

Should you do anything when your unfit family is stuffing themselves at Thanksgiving?  Smart Fitness answers your queries.

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A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

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The new active Wii video games from Nintendo Co Ltd may be creating a healthier generation of couch potato, according to a new study presented on Monday.

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Most American teenagers are not as active as they should be but a lack of exercise does not seem to be to blame for the rising rates of teen obesity, according to a U.S. study.
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Is it true that exercising will eventually wear out your joints, heart or any other body parts? Should you wait after working out before showering? Smart Fitness answers your queries.

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Short-burst interval training has long been a part of the regimen for elite athletes. And now, fitness professionals say, it’s gaining popularity with recreational exercisers.

A new study suggests an inventive use for your muffin top: In Miami, a plastic surgeon is liposuctioning that excess fat and injecting it somewhere many women actually want a little more pudge — their breasts.

First lady Michelle Obama hooped it up for health — hula hooped, that is — managing to get in an impressive 142 swivels before her hula hoop hit the ground. Jumping rope double dutch? Not so much.

Several recent studies have tried to chase down the connection between our ears and our feet.

Brother, can you spare a treadmill? Americans are downsizing their workout routines, study shows.

Could working out give a man “moobs”? Can exercise help a masculine-looking woman get some feminine curves? Smart Fitness answers your queries.

Exercise is known to help reduce a woman’s risk of breast cancer. But how much and what kind is best? Recent research helps women maximize their efforts.

When it comes to exercise, most of us are looking for a shortcut, a way to lose weight and firm up without spending endless hours in the gym.

Want to feel good about yourself? Just get off the couch and do a little exercise. You don't even have to get real serious, a new study finds.

Alejandra Ramos has lost her appetite for the occasional carnitas burrito from Chipotle, the frozen frappucino from Starbucks and the blueberry muffin from Dunkin' Donuts.