Families whose meals frequently consist of fast food are more likely to have unhealthy eating habits, poor access to healthy foods at home, and a higher risk for obesity, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Supermarket "grocery store tours" could be the key to healthier lifestyles and prevent chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease (CHD) concludes a study published in the Health & Fitness Journal.

Iowans are invited to join Lighten Up Iowa, one of the healthiest activities on the 2007 calendar. Since the program's beginning in 2002, Lighten Up Iowa has changed the lives of over 74,000 Iowans who have lost more than 305,000 pounds.