The new Land Rover LR2, seen in the Moroccan city of Essaouira, goes on sale in the U.S. next spring. It has a 3.2 litre straight six cylinder engine, and is priced at around $60,000 including taxes in Britain. U.S. prices have not been announced yet.

Only Volvo looks favored as Ford dissects loss-maker PAG

Deseret Morning News SANDY - While browsing the many wares at the Utah Chocolate Show (held at the South Towne Expo Center a couple of weeks ago), I found a booth where chocolate was considered a health supplement rather than a sweet indulgence.

A company called Xocai (pronounced Sho-sigh) gave out free samples of nuggets made from dark, unprocessed cocoa powder and acai, a purple berry f...

Peg Harvey, 83, has self-published a book titled Bags Out at Seven, which contains vignettes about the people and places she's encountered during her 27-year career as a freelance tour director in Los Angeles, Australia and New Zealand.

Harvey, of Orange Park, a past president of Orange Park Medical Center's Auxiliary and a volunteer at the Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, said when ...

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About a year ago Jason Taylor of Lee's Summit, Mo., considered the shape he was in and thought about his beachside wedding in the Bahamas, which was just months away.

While Taylor already had been exercising and eating healthfully, he wanted to look his very best, lose some body fat, drop about 25 pounds.

Chris Newland, owner of the Bodyshop in Kansas City, Mo., frequently hears su...

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - Updated: 02:43 AM EST

s waistlines in this country continue to expand, so do the number of dieters desperate to lose weight in any way they can.

The number of bariatric surgeries, the term used to describe weight-loss operations, has quadrupled since 2000 to 171,000 in 2005, according to the American Society of Bariatric Surgery and the number keeps gr...

The Sonics are off to another shabby start at home, losing five of their first seven. ... The Magic is off to its best start in years and dominated Utah in Salt Lake City on Monday. ... The Sonics dropped a 98-78 decision to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday, causing dissention in the locker room. Coach Bob Hill criticized the bench players and the reserves responded by saying Hill doesn't trust...

At parties, cut food portions in half or don't eat large portions of food, even healthy food.

If you are an appropriate weight for your age, maintain your weight.

The nation's first cervical cancer vaccine is being studied to see if it might prove effective for boys and men, too.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the vaccine that protects against human papi...

Dr. Chu Nien-feng said that Xenical, produced by Roche, is the first medicine in Taiwan to help teenagers facing the problem of obesity. They can consider taking the medicine if they have a body mass index of over 30, he said.

The BMI, based on height and weight, is a health indicator used to measure one's overall body fat. Obesity experts classify a person who has a BMI of less than 18....

*THE QUESTION Losing weight often can help reduce the likelihood of developing diabetes. Does risk depend on whether the pounds come off as a result of cutting calories or of exercising more?

*THIS STUDY randomly assigned 46 people in their 50s, generally sedentary and overweight but not obese, to one of two weight-loss groups or a healthy lifestyle maintenance group. People in one weight...