SAN FERNANDO, Calif., — It’s early on a Wednesday morning and this city’s Recreation Park is bustling with dozens of people doing sprints, leg lifts and squats as enthusiastic students from California State University, Northridge cheer them on. “Everyone excited?” 19-year-old Celeste Alcala asked as her group lifted exercise balls. “Yes!” the men and women […]

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Flora Yang is small, spry and not afraid to tell you her age: “90-something.” She walks twice a week at Mazza Gallerie in Northwest Washington, D.C., and says mall walking keeps her young and fit. Health officials are starting to notice that effect too and say more malls should open their doors to walkers. The […]

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