A newly published guidebook provides Hoosier communities with plans to encourage more physical activity and outlines ways to address common barriers.

Indiana youth continue to have higher rates of obesity than the national average and according to a new national data analysis - some minorities in the state are at greater risk.

The program is touring the Hoosier State this week with special hour-long camps, making its first stop in Fort Wayne.

New guidelines have been released to help deal with emergency health-related youth issues during sporting events. The National Athletic Trainers' Association released the Inter-Association Task Force guidelines in Indianapolis Tuesday, March 7th as part of the annual Youth Sports Safety Summit.

Several times a week, Mike Quaglia dons bright red boxing gloves and pummels a hundred-pound punching bag. He has Parkinson's disease, and the boxing helps alleviate his symptoms.

Restricting your calories for short periods of time may be one way to counter seasonal overeating. A few studies make a cautious but encouraging case for the health benefits of regular "minifasts."

An alliance of civic, health, business and education leaders have committed to improving the health of Hoosier children by launching Jump IN for Healthy Kids, community-wide initiative to reduce childhood obesity in Central Indiana.

The American Heart Association announced a second round of Indiana companies being honored for its Fit Friendly Program. Forty-seven were given the distinction.

Women who took a probiotic commonly found in yogurts daily while on a diet regime lost significantly more weight and fat than their counterparts who received a placebo. The findings offer interesting hints about how probiotics might be interacting with the tiny microbes that live in our guts.

Sports medicine doctors say they've seen a rise in overuse injuries among kids who train long and hard.