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Army Studies Workout Supplements After 2 Deaths	2/3/2012 9:53 AM
The military has removed dietary supplements containing the ingredient dimethylamylamine from stores on its bases, though the products are widely available elsewhere in the country.
Brown Fat Burns Ordinary Fat, Study Finds	1/27/2012 2:50 PM
In separate studies, researchers have determined that in cold conditions, people’s calorie-gobbling brown fat uses ordinary fat as fuel — and that exercise may convert ordinary fat to brown fat.
Vital Signs: Study Finds No Childhood Obesity Link to School Junk Food	2/2/2012 8:39 PM
No matter how researchers looked at data, they could not uncover a correlation between childhood obesity and the sale of sweets and salty snacks in public schools.
Recipes for Health: Risotto With Red Kale and Red Beans — Recipes for Health	2/3/2012 2:00 AM
Despite what you may have heard about risotto, this colorful dish doesn’t require constant stirring.
Personal Best: Workouts Have Their Limits, Recognized or Not	1/16/2012 3:31 PM
Physiologists are fretting over an increasing focus on extreme exercise among some recreational athletes.
The Big Picture: Young, Obese and Getting Weight-Loss Surgery	1/13/2012 2:38 PM
The push toward operations like Lap-Band surgery on the young has brought some resistance from doctors who say it is too drastic on patients whose bodies might still be developing.
How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body	2/3/2012 1:49 PM
Popped ribs, brain injuries, blinding pain. Are the healing rewards worth the risks?
The Bay Citizen: Unreported Food Poisoning at San Francisco Restaurant Spotlights Absence of Law	1/5/2012 10:29 PM
Food poisoning at a Mission District restaurant puts a spotlight on the absence of any law requiring businesses to report such incidents.
Devices to Keep Track of Calories, Lost or Gained	1/5/2012 6:07 PM
Monitors designed to gauge physical activity and subsequent calories burned might become a silver bullet for weight loss and for sticking to New Year’s resolutions.
Vegans Muscle Their Way Into Bodybuilding	1/5/2012 3:07 PM
Vegans make up only a sliver of the thousands of competitive bodybuilders in the United States, but they have been a steady presence since the 2000s.