Articles in the Health & Fitness Category

Is Whole Foods unfair to fat employees?
By Osupa
Posted in Aside Bottom 3, Breaking News, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, MXO News on 8 February 2010
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Moneyspending.msn.com
By Karen Datko
Posted February 8th 2010

Upscale grocer Whole Foods has a new voluntary program to reward workers who don’t use nicotine and meet specific numbers for body mass index, blood pressure and cholesterol during in-store screenings. Have the right numbers, and you get up to 30% off stuff you buy at the store. Kinda fat? You’re [...]

Restaurants Begin to Count Calories
By Osupa
Posted in Featured Stories, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, MXO Events, Restaurants on 1 February 2010
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by Julie Jargon
Posted February 1st 2010
Applebee’s, Starbucks push healthier food items to boost customer foot traffic amid federal health-care debate.
Restaurants from Applebee’s to Starbucks are pushing new low-calorie menu items in an effort to attract customers who say they want healthier options.
Chain restaurants, traditionally known for peddling fatty food and sugary drinks, hope that offering [...]

Should Airlines Be Allowed to Ban Sick Passengers?
By Osupa
Posted in Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Travel on 28 January 2010
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Travel.aol.com
By Jordan Simon
Posted January 28th 2010

Every airline passenger’s worst flu season nightmare? Your neighbor hacking phlegm for hours on a packed flight. Pandemics such as SARS and now, swine flu only heighten fears. During a Today Show interview last spring, Vice President Joe Biden stated he wouldn’t recommend his family flying “in a confined aircraft,” [...]

Tyra Banks Launches Teen Plus-Size Modeling Contest
By Osupa
Posted in Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, MXO Entertainment News, MXO News on 27 January 2010
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BlackVoices.com
By Lauren Williams
Posted January 27th 2010
Tyra Banks, whose weight has undergone visible fluctuations after she left the runway, has always been a champion of plus-size models. She makes a point to recruit some curvier girls for her model competition reality show on the CW, ‘America’s Next Top Model,’ helping to launch the careers of former [...]

Cleveland food inspection reports now available online!
By Osupa
Posted in Breaking News, Featured Stories, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, MXO Events, MXO News on 18 January 2010
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The Cleveland Plain Dealer
By Kaye Spector, The Plain Dealer
Posted January 18th 2010
Dining out in Cleveland can now include the kind of check that comes before a meal, not after.
That would be an examination of the restaurant’s food inspection report, now available online.
On Monday, the Cleveland Health Department posted its assessments of the city’s 3,000 restaurant [...]

UrbeanCoffee Grand Opening with Casino Joe Little
By Osupa
Posted in Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, MXO Events, Photo Gallery on 27 December 2009
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By Osupa Nia
The grand opening of Casino Joe Littles’ Urbean Coffee Cafe at 14804 St. Clair Avenue on Monday, Decamber 22nd was a huge success.  This is the third location for the outfit.  It’s all B;ack Owned and Operated.  Stop in today for your latte, expresso and much, much more!

Lose Inches From Waist Instantly
By Osupa
Posted in Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Style/Fashion on 22 December 2009
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Black Voices.com
Posted December 22, 2009

Ladies want to look extra special in those outfits/dresses but have that unwanted belly fat?
No matter how much you diet and eat right you can’t seem to lose those pesky inches around your waist?
Check out www.ardysslife.com/epiphanyessentials Ardyss Body Magic Products. If you are not satisfied with the product you [...]

Oral sex can lead to certain cancers, so parents must tell kids about the risks: a Reproductive Wellness column
By Osupa
Posted in Health & Fitness, Kid Stuff, Lifestyle on 22 December 2009
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By Angela Townsend, The Plain Dealer
December 22, 2009, 8:15AM
Somehow, I managed to get through my entire high school career before I found out that the term “oral sex” described a specific sex act, not a type of discussion.
Sad (and perhaps a bit funny) but true.
But oral sex, the act, is far from funny when you [...]

Fitness Camp Around Town
By Dtoney
Posted in Health & Fitness, Lifestyle on 6 December 2009
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A list of local fitness camps with  programs to fit every lifestyle and budget. Let us know your favorites. If we don’t have your favorite listed, let us know.

Boot Camp Fitness
NuLife Fitness Camp
3615 Superior Ave
Cleveland, Ohio
216-481-4446
www.Nuflifefitnesscamp.com
Membership fees apply
Fly and Fit Studio
4160 Mayfield Rd.
South Euclid, Ohio
216-938-9537
Membership Fees apply
Cater2U Fitness
24748 Aurora Rd.
Bedford Hts, Ohio
216-926-2726
www.cater2ufitness.com
Membership Fees apply
Free Recreation [...]

Healthier Soulfood Recipes
By Dtoney
Posted in Health & Fitness, Lifestyle on 6 December 2009
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In my quest to live a healthier lifestyle I have come across several quick and delicious healthy meal options to be enjoyed by the entire family. Try them out and let me know if your friends and family miss the fat.
This is my favorite, the chicken is spicy and delicious and I like it [...]