Healthy Diet

Heidi Klum's bribe: She pays her kids to eat healthy

2013-05-21 16:58:00

Heidi Klum bribes her kids to eat healthy. Well, that's a new one for the celebrity parenting handbook. The supermodel, who recently revealed that she loves "a good hamburger and French fries," is sharing one of her parenting methods that's sure to...

Winners of $1 million in grants to improve L.A. announced

2013-05-08 11:28:00

A Los Angeles charitable group that conducted an online poll to determine which of 279 nominated nonprofit and private companies should share in a $1-million prize announced its winners Wednesday. More than 70,000 people voted in the Internet survey...

Use of alertness drug modafinil takes off, spurred by untested uses

2013-05-02 13:51:00

In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go. And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial names -- Provigil and Nuvigil -- or by its plain-Jane...

Antronette Yancey dies at 55; advocate of short bursts of exercise

2013-04-25 15:06:00

For Dr. Antronette K. Yancey, a UCLA public health professor, exercise could be fun and done in short bursts in the workplace, schools and even places of worship. Her campaign to urge people to incorporate physical activity into their daily lives led to...

A to-do list for L.A.'s next mayor

2013-04-14 00:00:00

Tackle real problems By Austin Beutner Only 21% of registered voters cast a ballot in the recent primary elections. And convenience didn't seem to be the issue, since only about a third of those who were sent vote-by-mail ballots bothered to fill in...

Aly Raisman discusses Week 4 on 'Dancing With the Stars'

2013-04-11 11:59:00

The Times has gymnast Aly Raisman, a two-time Olympic gold medalist at the London Games, guest-blogging while she competes on "Dancing With the Stars." Each week while she competes on the show, Raisman will answer a few questions from Sports Now editor...

Trisha Yearwood shows off weight loss at ACM Awards

2013-04-08 13:50:00

Trisha Yearwood presented an award as well as her newly trimmed body at Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards, y'all. The Grammy winner and wife of singer Garth Brooks has been making headlines with her Food Network show "Trisha's Southern Kitchen"...

Getting real will get you results, trainer says

2013-03-30 00:00:00

Taylor Ramsdell trains Victor Henry, a professional mixed martial arts fighter, and a pro boxer named Zachary Wohlman. Ramsdell also works with regular folks too, at Chain Fitness, his gym near Universal Studios that was built as a speak-easy in the...

Low-fat milk doesn't help toddlers' weight, study says UPDATED

2013-03-18 13:30:00

This post has been updated to include comments from a researcher and an American Heart Assn. spokeswoman. Giving toddlers skim or 1% milk to keep them from growing overweight doesn’t seem to work, according to a study out Monday that gives pause...

Kim Kardashian's 'mommy blog': She's staying fit while pregnant

2013-03-13 14:37:00

Kim Kardashian is taking this "mommy blog" thing pretty seriously, and the latest post in the pregnant star's mommy blog category is all about staying healthy. The reality TV star, who is pregnant with rapper Kanye West's baby, debuted the series of...

Meat Institute finds fault with study on red meat consumption

2013-03-07 14:58:00

The American Meat Institute has weighed in on a study published this week about eating red meat, and it objects to the study’s methods and conclusions. Researchers using data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer of 449,000...

TED 2013: Ron Finley on making guerrilla gardens in South-Central

2013-03-07 07:00:00

Think innovation, and the first thing that usually comes to mind is the technology industry. But, of course, you can be innovative in just about anything you do, which is just what the TED conference aims to celebrate.� Last week, Los Angeles artist Ron...

Eric Ruth, CEO for the Kellyn Foundation talks to 6th graders about heathy eating and healthy living. Easton Area Middle School hosted a wellness fair for students in the gymnasium Thursday. They went through nine different stations touching on subjects like healthy eating, bad habits, and exercise.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

English for Speakers of Other Languages teacher Ryan Cronin asks students what's in hummus. The third through fifth graders had an interactive cooking class with students from Hall High School's global problem solving course.

2013-05-13 14:30:00

Bryanne Sanchez 14 of Imperial explains her center piece and main course to guests of the 4H Garden Delight Competition early Saturday morning in Imperial.

2013-05-03 08:44:00