Better to be fit &amp; fat than toned &amp; trim: study
45670
Being fit but fat isn&#39;t good enough. Excess weight, all by itself, can take years off your life, even if you get plenty of exercise, a study found.
319384
Outgoing people tend to be overweight, while anxious types are more likely to be thin, according to Japanese researchers who examined the links between personality and body mass.
84580
If you thought that regular jogging and diet control would keep you fit, think again, as a new research has revelaed that a keep-fit lifestyle might not work for everyone and even quite strenuous exercise may have no effect on fitness for some people.
67472
If you are overweight then being active might help you to stay fit but keep in mind that physical activity alone will not help you to increase your longevity.
389591
Believe it or not, those are among the benefits of exercising more and eating healthier.
126220
Married adults are healthier than widowed, divorced or those never married, though husbands have a tendency to gain extra weight, founding to a new US study.
724485
Science & environment: Men are not alone in finding the leggier form more attractive, a study has found
177005
NEW YORK  - Both gay and heterosexual men  are equally likely to aspire to an unattainable body type, or  to harbor a distorted image of their actual body, new research  indicates.
391785
LONDON -- A friendly game of soccer works off more fat and builds up more muscle than jogging, new research shows. Danish scientists, who conducted their research on 37 men, also found the soccer players felt less tired after exercising than the joggers because they were having more fun.
278999
Married adults are healthier than divorced, widowed or those never married, though husbands have a tendency to gain extra weight, according to a new US study.
272802
There is much more to becoming â and staying â physically fit as you age than engaging in regular aerobic activity.
337709
Regular exercise is not enough to offset  the health problems associated with obesity -- but that  shouldn't stop people who are overweight from working out,  according to a study to be published in Thursday's New England  Journal of Medicine.
572460
NEW YORK  - A brisk 30-minute walk 6 days a week is enough to trim waistlines and cut the risk of metabolic syndrome -- an increasingly common condition that is linked to obesity and a sedentary lifestyle, a new study indicates.
48938
Two new studies suggest that what&#39;s not happening in the bedroom may be a key factor into why so many of us are gaining weight.
739911
Being fit but fat isn't good enough. Excess weight, all by itself, can take years off your life, even if you get plenty of exercise, a study found.
600075
EXERCISE is promoted as the key to a long and healthy life, but regular work-outs may be a waste of time for those who have the wrong genes.
184253
Being fit appears to be far more important than being thin for decreasing the risk of heart disease, while the opposite seems to be the case for diabetes, according to two new studies.