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Features the members of UniverSoul Circus, the first Black circus in the 21st century. Pa-Mela Hernandez as a master aerialist; Margo Porter as elephant trainer; Circus duties of performers; Inspiration for viewers to become physically active.

Focuses on the benefits of functional fitness training. Focus of functional training; Types of exercises and equipment used in functional training; Information on functional-fitness programs offered in the U.S.

Focuses on evolutionary black women in the United States. Withdrawal of Lydia Andrews from Elektra Entertainment to create Strength in Sisters, a women's empowerment group; Accounts leading to the participation of executive Antonette Burroughs in the Karma Yoga Lifestyle Program; Creation of the Warm Spirit, a beauty company by Nadine Thompson.

Focuses on First Strides, a 12-week class that has helped women in the Allentown, Pennsylvania. Information on the Allentown Women's 5K Classic; Amount of money paid by class participants for weekly group training and support.

Reports on the promotion of the Cotton for Tech program at running specialty shops in the U.S. by Brook Sports. Price of a Podium long-sleeve technical shirt.

Presents information on several walking trails in the U.S. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park in Washington, D.C.; Railroad Grade Trail 601 in Apache County, Arizona; Peewah Trail in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri; Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park in Park City, Utah.

Focuses on the celebration of the National Trails Day in the U.S. on June 5.

Presents the results of a survey of entrepreneurs conducted by researchers from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Success of businesses owned by runners; Effect of exercise on the way business owners look and feel.

Reports on the guidelines on prenatal exercise released by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. Difference of the Canadian guidelines from that of the U.S.; Concerns of U.S. experts about the guidelines.

Presents several fitness shoes available in the U.S. as of September 2003. Grid Shadow 8 TR from Saucony; Aqua Slip On from Rykä; Gel Nimbus V and Gel Koji GS from Asics.

Profiles Kathy Sledge, lead singer of Sister Sledge and gym instructress at the Philly Total Fitness and Dance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Features the Yoga Retreat for Women of Color, a weekend program of yoga, spiritual renewal and sisterhood at the Kripalu Center for Yoga Health in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Presents the top Afro-American physical fitness trainers and athletes according to rankings in the February-March 199 issue of the periodical `Heart & Soul.' Includes Pepper Von; Taj Foster; Kacy Duke; Billy Blanks and MaDonna Grimes.

Focuses on the contribution of fertility drugs on the increased cases of multiple pregnancy in the U.S. since 1987. Projections on the use of fertility drugs in the country; Focus of several fertility guidelines that will be developed and introduced in the country.

Focuses on the trends in the U.S. medical care. Projections on the maintenance of personalized care.

Focuses on the increased number of midwife-attended deliveries in the U.S. from 1989 to 2000. Projections on functions of midwives.

Describes the trends in food calorie consumption in the U.S. Food caloric content that are produced in the U.S. everyday; Recommended calorie consumption for an individual; Difference between the required calorie from men and women.

Details the trends in the use of alternative medicine in the U.S. Forecast on the use of combined traditional and alternative therapies in the country; Requirements from medical schools regarding alternative medicine.

Focuses on the trends in physical education (PE) in the U.S. Projections on PE classes offered by several schools in the U.S.; Potential benefits of gym classes for school children.

Focuses on the problem of obesity in the U.S. Estimated cost of obesity-related diseases in the U.S.; Forecasts on the status of obesity risks in the country.