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The answer is a resounding no! It came as no surprise to me to learn that active video games don’t promote any additional activity for children. We have a Wii Fit, I think. We’ve got a dance pad too. When we first bought it, they got used a bit but now it's just another piece of plastic crap taking up too much space in my house.

Do I look fat in these genes? If you just can’t seem to keep the weight off no matter how hard you work out, it could be due to your DNA. Here’s how to outsmart your genetic odds.

He swept into the dimmed Sony Centre in Toronto, combing the crowd like an evangelical leader, and Science-ish half-expected audience members to fall down at his touch. But this was no high priest ready to encourage middle-aged men and women to start walking after being paralyzed or to see again after going blind.

How to tone up and get in shape like this famously sinewy starlet

Last weekend, three tough women and I took part in one of Oxfam Canada's “toughest team challenges” (according to its website) to help raise money and awareness for people living in poverty in developing countries — we attempted to hike 100 kilometres (62 miles) in under 48 hours.