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Kimberly Garrison: Someday your choice could be: Slim down or pay 08/28/2008

WILL PENNSYLVANIA implement laws to force overweight workers to slim down and get fit - or pay up? After all, Pennsylvania's adult obesity rate is 25.7 percent (up from last year), and we were named the 24th most obese state in America, according to the 2008 "F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America," the fifth annual report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

 

Kimberly Garrison: We all could be on the road to fat city 08/21/2008

WHILE YOU'RE at the next Phillies Game shoveling down a foot-long hot dog, curly fries and a brewski, you might want to consider this: According to a recent governmental report, it is estimated that in 40 years, all Americans will be overweight.

 

Kimberly Garrison: Be aware of symptoms of sarcoidosis 08/14/2008

LIKE MOST of you, I was shocked to hear of the unexpected death of actor and stand-up comedian Bernie Mac. According to published reports, the 50-year-old Chicago native died of complications from pneumonia. It was also reported that he suffered from a condition called sarcoidosis.

 

Kimberly Garrison: Weighing birth control and breast-feeding 08/07/2008

THOSE WHO follow my column know I gave birth to a 7-pound, 2-ounce, beautiful baby boy on Mother's Day. They also know that I am a breast-feeding advocate because of its many health benefits for mother and child.

 

Kimberly Garrison: Asthma facts that may take your breath away 07/31/2008

'NO ONE SHOULD die from asthma, especially in America." So says Dr. Michael Foggs, Chief of Allergy and Immunology for Advocate Health Care. Yet, Foggs said, 4,000 people die every year from this disease.

 

Kimberly Garrison: Bike riding: Good exercise, if you exercise common sense 07/24/2008

IS IT MY imagination or are there more bike riders on the road these days? By golly, I think the prohibitive gas prices have driven many people to biking as their final resort.

 

Kimberly Garrison: Watch your step at nail salons 07/17/2008

THE SUMMER is the season for fitness, fun, and frolicking, as well as one of my favorite indulgences. Whether I'm wearing sexy, strappy Giuseppe Zanotti sandals or my comfy Birkenstocks, I just can't resist a pretty pedicure.

 

Think twice before you jump 07/10/2008

Sprains, bruises, and breaks. Even spinal cord injury.

Those could be the consequences of something that's in many peoples' backyard: a trampoline. An estimated 100,000 trampoline-related injuries occur annually in the U.S., and rates continues to rise.

 

Kimberly Garrison: America's Sweetheart Mary Lou Retton talks about the challenges of a successful gymnastic career 06/26/2008

MARY LOU RETTON took the world by storm when she won the all-around gold medal in women's gymnastics at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Today she is a busy working mother of four. She sat down with Kimberly Garrison to discuss balancing work, family, and fitness.

 

Kimberly Garrison: Use your head, wear a bike helmet 06/19/2008

LAST SUMMER, while driving on Martin Luther King Drive, my husband and I witnessed the aftermath of a horrible bicycle accident involving a boy who apparently had been hit by a car. We could hear the ambulance coming as we slowly drove pass his motionless body, lying in the street next to a twisted bike and broken cell phone.

 

Kimberly Garrison | Affairs of the heart: Women's health is in their hands

 

Kimberly Garrison | True confessions of a personal trainer: The sequel

 

Kimberly Garrison | True confessions of a personal trainer 01/18/2007