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Tone Up: Shaping your legs

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You may be familiar with the abductor and adductor machine. Some people use it because they think it will help them get thinner legs. If you want to change your legs, Marcie Fraser demonstrates a more helpful exercise.

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Child Wellness: Understanding teenage behavior

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When it comes to bringing up a teenager, expectations are important. And in this day and age, nutrition is playing a factor. The kids are bigger and that probably plays into why parents are expecting more. Marcie Fraser reports.

05/16/2012 05:00 AM

Healthy Living: Dance inspired workout can stretch your strength

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For some New Yorkers, stretching doesn't just have to be the pre-cursor to exercise. YNN's Kafi Drexel filed the following report.

05/16/2012 05:00 AM

Tone Up: Working your back

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In today's Tone Up, Marcie Fraser demonstrates her favorite exercise. Nothing says Tone Up better than a beautiful back.

05/15/2012 05:00 AM

Healthy Living: Nurse shortage

Healthy Living

In this edition of Healthy Living, Casey Bortnick tells us how choosing a career in nursing may be the right move, as hospitals are being faced with a shortage of nurses.

05/14/2012 05:00 AM

Healthy Living: National Bike Month

May is National Bike Month and tomorrow starts Ride Your Bike To Work Week. Don't have a bike to ride to work? The Saratoga Healthy Transportation Network can help you.

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Healthy Living: Is sugar toxic?

It's been connected to obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and heart disease, and some say we're addicted to it. Americans consume nearly 130 pounds of added sugars per year. It's a hard habit to break and some believe it's already causing a nationwide health crisis. Casey Bortnick reports.

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Healthy Living: Mononucleosis

Mononucleosis most often affects teenagers and children. That is good news, because if you get it as an adult, the symptoms can be much worse. Marcie Fraser explains.

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Child Wellness: Obstacle course mirrors teen challenges

If you are raising an adolescent, you know it can be challenging. They are entering a phase where they are experiencing a great deal of peer pressure for drugs and alcohol. Marcie Fraser reports.

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Healthy Living: So-called "Tooth Facial" goes beyond surface stains

A three-step process that can fix stained, dull teeth in under an hour is being dubbed the "Tooth Facial." YNN's Kafi Drexel filed the following report.

<span style="color:#cc0000"><em>Healthy Living: </em></span>So-called "Tooth Facial" goes beyond surface stains

Healthy Living: Pregnant moms exposed to pollutants more likely to have obese children

There aren't any calories in air. But there are pollutants including chemicals called Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, or PAH. If that sounds like a mouthful to you, you're right.

<span style="color:#cc0000"><em>Healthy Living: </em></span> Pregnant moms exposed to pollutants more likely to have obese children

Tone Up: Using the rotary torso machine

Tone Up

When trying to trim your waist line, many people try a machine called the rotary torso. Some people live by it, but you need to be a little careful. Marcie Fraser demonstrates the proper motion, and a safer move for beginners.

05/10/2012 05:00 AM

Tone Up: French curls

When working your triceps, you can use free weights, but French curls are also effective. French curls are done behind your head, using a French curl bar. Marcie Fraser demonstrates.

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Tone Up: Shin splints

If you're a jogger, soccer, or field hockey player, you may have experienced shin splints. They are a terrible feeling that comes in between your shin bone and the muscle. In order to try and strengthen the front of the bone, some physical therapists say you should do toe ups or shin strengtheners. Marcie Fraser shows you how.

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Tone Up: Ab roller

If you want a flat belly, it takes work. But abdominals can be really boring so you might want to work in a gimmick like an ab roller every few days. Marcie Fraser explains the proper way to use an ab roller.

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Tone Up: Jumping for height

If you are interested in getting some height in your game, an adjustable platform will help. Marcie Fraser shows you how to jump for height in today’s Tone Up.

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Tone Up: Different ways to work your thighs and buttocks

To get our thighs and buttocks in shape, we're often doing up and down movements, with your knees going out and working your bottom with squats or lunges. If you have bad knees, you might want to skip that. Then what do you do? Marcie Fraser demonstrates.

<span style="color:#cc0000"><em>Tone Up: </em></span>Different ways to work your thighs and buttocks

Tone Up: Burn calories with your jump rope

Torching calories in a short amount of time is as easy as reaching for your jump rope. In today’s Tone Up, Marcie Fraser tells you what kind of jump rope to choose and how to get started on some fancy footwork.

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Child Wellness: Lyme disease

Child Wellness Wednesday

When diagnosing Lyme disease, clinicians look for a bulls eye rash or a tick but in some cases, you won't find either. Marcie Fraser has one teenager’s difficult story of diagnosis and recovery.

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05/02/2012 05:00 AM

Child Wellness: Teens testing their style limits

Most teens go through a phase of wanting to fit in with what they wear or perhaps a hair style or hair color. As Marcie Fraser reports, parents need to learn when to say ‘no’ and when to let go.

<span style="color:#cc0000"><em>Child Wellness: </em></span>Teens testing their style limits

Child Wellness: Teenage behavior

At some point in your child’s life, usually around age 13, most parents wonder where their sweet, agreeable child went to. Have they become bit irrational a bit argumentative? It's natural and according to the experts, put your seat belt on, it's going to be a bumpy ride. Marcie Fraser reports.

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Child Wellness: Diet products

Many pills and products are over the counter and chances are, if you have a teenager who wants to lose weight, they are probably trying them. As a parent, you need to know what your teens are into. Marcie Fraser has more.