Parents have long griped that having children sidetracks their best-laid exercise plans.
It also outlines dietary and exercise plans and shows readers how to monitor their medications and insulin levels.
Not so long ago, antioxidant vitamins were hailed as nature's own weapons against chronic illness, powerful antidotes to horrid diets and failed exercise plans.
Medicaid in almost every state and many private health plans now cover bariatric surgery, often more readily than diet or exercise plans.
The American Cancer Society promotes moderate exercise but encourages patients to discuss their exercise plans with their oncologists, and lists on its Web site 13 precautions (cancer.org/docroot/MIT/MIT_0.asp).org/docroot/MIT/MIT_0.asp
On Jan . 10 Slim-Fast representatives will be in Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores to give personalized service to potential customers, including checking consumers' body mass index and distributing pedometers, product samples and personalized exercise plans.
