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 Corinna Kneuer (born January 4 1959), best known by her stage name Cory Everson, is an American female bodybuilder and actress, born in Racine, Wisconsin. She won the Ms. Olympia contest six years in a row between 1984 and 1989. 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 (818) 545-0290 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 high·light·er n. 1. A usually fluorescent marker used to mark important passages of text. 2. A cosmetic for emphasizing areas of the face, such as the eyes or cheekbones. 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 Veggies of Nottingham, also known as Veggies Catering Campaign, is a campaigning group based in Nottingham, England, promoting ethicalbum alternatives to mainstream fast food. . 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 (651) 276-4050. 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 San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. 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 pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. 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 Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. 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 (818) 788-5437 or visit www.pediatricacutecare.com BEYOND DIETING: Nearly 10 million women and 1 million men in the U.S. suffer from anorexia and bulimia bulimia: see eating disorders. , eating disorders eating disorders, in psychology, disorders in eating patterns that comprise four categories: anorexia nervosa, bulimia, rumination disorder, and pica. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by self-starvation to avoid obesity. 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 UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood Village from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information on fees and enrollment, call (310) 825-7093 or visit www.uclaextension.edu. California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , 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 (818) 677-7500 or visit www.csun.edu/counseling/EDAW2004.html for a full schedule of events. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) CORY EVERSON (2) no caption (``Streaming Colors Fitness Calendar'') (3) no caption (book: ``A Woman's Heart'') |
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