Some businesses are finding ways to encourage fitness and good health for their employees by giving them opportunities to break a sweat between 9 to 5. Click on the "Play Video" button above to watch this story.
A lovely ripple effect has resulted since I started transforming my life. I’ve made better food choices for weeks in a row!
When I was in my early 20s, which feels like a hundred years ago, my idea of getting on track with a new fitness plan was suiting up in my workout clothes and then going to Fred Meyer to purchase a Power Bar, a Diet Dr. Pepper and a Shape Magazine.
Providence Health and Services is offering seminars for women experiencing the "middle age spread," or weight gain in your 40s and 50s.
Imagine making some changes to your menu at home and in the process you change your health diagnosis. Dr. Miles Hassell says you can reverse your diagnosis of type 2 diabetes for example by what you eat. Click on the "Play Video" button to watch this story.
A pizza sounds great when things get hectic and hitting up the fast food drive-thru on your way home from work is, well, fast! But as KATU's Melanie Wingo shows us, constructing a quick family meal at the grocery store can be almost as convenient, cost-effective and a lot healthier.
We're helping you discover ways to be healthier with exercise, nutrition and now sleep.
KATU's Melanie Wingo spoke with a sleep expert to find out how sleep and our ability to lose weight go hand-in-hand.
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One of the hardest parts about getting fit and then staying fit is maintaining the motivation to exercise. KATU's Melanie Wingo looks at how group fitness classes could help in the struggle to get up and go.
KATU News Reporter Melanie Wingo shares one of her secrets to stay fit: Taking advantage of the everyday activities, like parking on the opposite end of the parking lot to ensure a longer walk. These simple, but often overlooked practices will pay off for fitness novices.
Hot lunches of today, at least in the Portland district, look very different than they did a few years ago. The district has slowly changed the menu to a healthier one. KATU's Deb Knapp had lunch with a group of second-graders at Kelly Elementary School where healthy lunches are all they know, and they're not complaining. Click on the above "Play Video" button to watch this story.
KATU News Reporter Melanie Wingo has made a personal commitment to be fit and takes us through a walking critique. If you think walking is just putting one foot in front of the other, think again.
A lot of us come up with excuses for why we can't exercise but one of them should not be, "Oh, I don't have a gym membership."
KATU News reporter Melanie Wingo shares her reinvigorated love for exercise -- and her love for junk food. It's a balance and lots of exercise doesn't mean you can pig out, she learns.
Michelle Obama says five media companies and a social media website are working together to make it easier to find nutritious recipes.
This year, KATU is asking you to commit to be fit with us.
KATU’s Melanie Wingo shows us how keeping a food journal is a good way to discover what's keeping you from losing weight.
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Port of Portland encourages fitness during lunch hour (Video)
