Bad, bad belly fat susceptible to exercise (Detroit Free Press)

In the annals of exercise research, increasingly the answer is "brisk walking." What's the question? Most people think it has to do with exercising the heart or getting rid of love handles and saddlebags. But scientists are finding it's about belly fat, also known as visceral fat, the interior kind that's snug up against your internal organs.

All News... Medway at Large - Reporters' Notebook (The Kent Messenger)

Writing this remotedly from from home up northish in the hood. Didn't have time to update today but just wanted to write a few lines to keep up appearances before this blog returns with a proper regular flourish in the New Year.

Coping with holiday stress, weight gain (Tacoma News Tribune)

NEW YORK – Beth Dunn is taking a scale break. Judi Moreo is shelving her Jenny Craig meals. And Thea Lobell is relaxing her fried-food rule – at least for the time being.

Walk briskly, and carry a smaller stomach (The Buffalo News)

This is just what you need, in the aftermath of Christmas ham and the first round of holiday parties: gross-out science about deep belly fat.

Walk briskly and carry a smaller stomach (Bradenton Herald)

This is just what you need, in the aftermath of pumpkin pie and the advent of holiday parties: gross-out science about deep belly fat.