Michelle Obama hoops it up for health with hula hoop, pushes good eating and no whining

Hula hooping it up for health, first lady swivels

WASHINGTON — 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.

South Africa, follows lead of New York, Canada, to limit trans fats to fight heart disease

SAfrica to limit trans fats as heart disease rises

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s health department says it will draft regulations aimed at reducing the trans fats South Africans consume.

Michelle Obama stresses small changes to diet, exercise routine to improve fitness, health

First lady stresses small steps to improve health

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama says small changes in diet and exercise habits can improve health and fitness.

HEALTHBEAT: Day care largely untapped in obesity fight even as preschoolers’ waistlines bulge

Day care next frontier in fighting kids’ obesity

WASHINGTON — Grilled chicken replaced the hot dogs. Strawberries instead of cookies at snack time. No more fruit juice — water or low-fat milk only. This is the new menu at a Delaware day care center, part of a fledgling movement to take the fight against obesity to pudgy preschoolers.