There's a big disconnect between body image and true physical condition, an Associated Press-iVillage poll suggests.

Huntington's economy has withered, its poverty rate is worse than the national average, and vagrants haunt a downtown riverfront park. But this city's financial woes are not nearly as bad as its health. Nearly half the adults in Huntington's...

Busy schedules can make it hard for children to maintain healthy weight. Family Matters on the Go has some simple tips.

In ways both large and small, Americans are doing without. Squeezed by lofty prices for gasoline, food and other products, worried about their jobs and rattled by talk of a recession, people are hunkering down.

In many spots, the factory looks like an especially clean industrial kitchen. Workers are covered from head to toe in surgical scrubs. Stacked on stainless steel rolling trays are mounds of various sizes and shapes, all resembling risen pizza dough.

Elderly couch potatoes were much more likely to die within about six years than those whose lives included regular activity no more strenuous than vacuuming, gardening and climbing stairs, according to a study of adults age 72 to 80. ``This is a...