The solidarity of the long-distance relayers

(Bruce Buckley/Swim Bike Run Photography)

If you’re thinking of giving up on your resolution to run a marathon this year, consider a relay race instead. You don’t need to train as hard, and you have a cheering section.

How a Redskin stays in shape

(John McDonnell)

Linebacker London Fletcher has played 224 consecutive games thanks to weight lifting, sprints, hill training, yoga, hot tubs and cold tubs.

Keep your resolutions, no gym required

(Marvin Joseph)

With the right gear and some common-sense planning, you can get a great workout outdoors — even in winter.

Getting your colleagues moving

(Katherine Frey / THE WASHINGTON POST)

This columnist is taking a cue from the D.C. Department of Health employees who line dance at work. She’s resolved to help her own colleagues get up and get fit during short breaks at work .

How to get kids to eat quinoa

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Call it names, make quinoa sundaes and start simple: That’s how you can get youngsters to try the healthy, nutty, fast-cooking food.

The Checkup

Jennifer LaRue Huget

Air pollution linked to cognitive impairment

Research suggests that chronic exposure to airborne particulate matter is associated with increased risk of cognitive impairment in older women.

The Checkup

Jennifer LaRue Huget

Kids’ sleep needs, in historical perspective

Perhaps you’ve heard that kids today desperately need more sleep. A new study says “harrumph.”

The Checkup

Jennifer LaRue Huget

Pot use may double risk of serious car crashes

A study finds that people driving under the influence of cannabis are about twice as likely as unimpaired drivers to be involved in serious car crashes.

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Nutrition and fitness resolutions for 2012

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It’s not too early to start thinking about ways to make 2012 your most healthful year yet.

Me Minus 10, revisited

She made good on her pledge to lose 10 pounds before she turned 50. Now at 51, this nutrition columnist looks back.

Real-world holiday weight-control tips

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How three people who’ve shed a lot of weight keep the pounds off this time of year.

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Medical Mysteries: A baby’s seizures

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Days after a baby got a routine vaccine, she developed seizures. It took years to learn their cause.

Medical Mystery: Failing eyesight

A woman’s work-up for laser eye surgery revealed a serious problem she didn’t know she had.

Diagnosis didn’t bring end to pain

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Years after a girl developed abdominal pain, a doctor diagnosed it, but it still dominates her life.

Medical Mystery: Giving birth didn’t ease a woman’s dangerous hypertension

REISTERTOWN, MD - SEPTEMBER 30  Karen Good regularly rides her bike and swims many times during the week  in Reistertown, Maryland on September 30, 2011.  Photos for the monthly Medical Mystery column featuring Karen Good, a former triathlete and Baltimore physical therapist.  (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)

A Maryland mother’s ignorance of her medical history helps explain a puzzling case of high blood pressure.

How a normal 8-year-old suddenly turned into a boy plagued by fears

Charlottesville, VA - September 12, 2011: Will Teague, 11 works on his math homework Monday September 12, 2011. When Will was 7 he started having severe anxiety, panic attacks and symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder according to his mom, Christina Teague.  It was discovered that he had PANDAS, caused by a strep infection.  After being treated with antibiotics and having his tonsils removed he has been fine. (Photo by Norm Shafer/For the Washington Post)

The surprisingly common cause of the boy’s problem led to a somewhat controversial treatment.