PULSE.

Byline: Mariko Thompson

EXERCISE EXPO: Put on your workout clothes and preview the latest fitness trends at TheFitExpo, Friday through Sunday in Pasadena. Demonstrations and workshops will cover everything from yoga to body building to hip-hop dance. The expo will feature Cory Everson from ``Gotta Sweat'' and ``Bodyshaping With Cory Everson,'' model-actress Carmen Electra promoting her aerobic striptease workout, and ``The Zone'' author Barry Sears. TheFitExpo will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Pasadena Center, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena. Tickets cost $12 per day or $25 for three days. For more information, call [phone] or visit www.thefitexpo.com.

COLOR ME FIT: The ``Streaming Colors Fitness Calendar'' (Luhr's Media; $14.95) is meant to serve as a visual reinforcement of your health. Every month, using highlighter pens, assign a color to each activity in your fitness routine - pink for walking, yellow for yoga, orange for eating lots of fruits and veggies. Every time you perform that activity, color in the day. The goal is to have as little white space on the calendar as possible. For more information, visit www.streamingcolors.com or call [phone].

HEART HEALTH: Dr. Afshine Emrani explains why gender matters in ``A Woman's Heart'' (iUniverse; $16.95). Many women believe their greatest health risk comes from breast cancer. But heart disease is actually the No. 1 killer of American women. Emrani, a cardiologist at Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center's San Fernando Valley Heart Institute, explains why women have been understudied in the field of cardiac health, how heart disease appears in women and what steps they can take to decrease the risk.

KID CARE: Families can check out the new pediatric urgent care center in Encino at an open house set from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday. Dr. Vincent Tamariz, a pediatric emergency medicine specialist, and Dr. Carmen Botero, director of pediatric intensive care at Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, opened Pediatric Acute Care Medical Associates in January as an alternative to the emergency room. The urgent care center, located at 5353 Balboa Blvd., Suite 201 in the West Valley Medical Center building, will be open weekdays from 4 p.m. until midnight and weekends from noon to 8 p.m. For more information, call [phone] or visit www.pediatricacutecare.com

BEYOND DIETING: Nearly 10 million women and 1 million men in the U.S. suffer from anorexia and bulimia, eating disorders that can be life- threatening. Starting Saturday, the annual national eating disorders awareness week will offer a number of educational and outreach events in Los Angeles. A daylong seminar, ``Eating Disorders and the Recovery Process,'' will be held at the UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood Village from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information on fees and enrollment, call [phone] or visit www.uclaextension.edu.

California State University, Northridge, is sponsoring presentations that are free and open to the public. On Feb. 24, author Leigh Cohn will lead a discussion called ``Let's Talk About Men ... and Women Too!'' at 9:30 a.m. and ``Everything You've Wanted to Know About Eating Disorders but Never Asked'' at 11 a.m. in the University Student Union Grand Salon. Call [phone] or visit www.csun.edu/counseling/EDAW2004.html for a full schedule of events.

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