Fitness

Marcos Breton: Turning back the years through weight loss

By Marcos Breton - Updated: Sunday, May 5 2013 - 7:12 am

On Feb. 11, 1989, I woke to one of the two happiest days of my life as a slender 26-year-old who easily slipped into his wedding day tuxedo.

Health calendar of coming events

Published: Thursday, March 28 2013 - 12:00 am

Friday, Teen Yoga for Fitness and Fun

Burbank High's farm stand debuts as spring sprouts

By Loretta Kalb - Updated: Sunday, March 24 2013 - 11:17 am

Luther Burbank High School students on Thursday launched a second year of selling fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, part of a nonprofit campaign to promote healthy eating.

UC Davis student trains for half marathon after surviving fall at Yosemite

By Anne Gonzales - Updated: Wednesday, March 13 2013 - 6:49 pm

A terrifying experience – including being airlifted by helicopter off Half Dome – inspired Katie Kolesar to fulfill an unlikely dream.

Yosemite worker tells of ordeal after fall that left her stranded

Interactive: Compare your Body Mass Index (BMI) to other Californians'

By Phillip Reese - Updated: Thursday, March 7 2013 - 9:13 am

Californians typically weigh about 10 pounds more today than they did fifteen years ago, according to the latest federal data.

Hungary tries food taxes to boost healthier eating

Food literacy for Sacramento kids and adults is her goal

By Cynthia H. Craft - Updated: Monday, March 11 2013 - 5:19 pm

Amber Stott never met a veggie costume she didn't like – though the red pepper get-up is on notice for making her look like an elf.

Hungary tries food taxes to boost healthier eating

By Suzanne Daley - Updated: Sunday, March 3 2013 - 7:48 am

Gizella Beres Devenyi, who works behind the cash register at the delicatessen Zena in a working-class neighborhood here, says it is easy to see Hungary's new salt tax at work.