"Ten thousand steps a day" has become a heavily promoted fitness mantra -- with good reason. The American Council on Exercise estimates that the average person can burn up to 3,500 calories per week by walking 10,000 steps every day.

Promises from supplements or magazine articles that claim you can lose 20 or more pounds per month aren't promoting "normal" weight loss. When it comes to weight loss, however, the term "normal" is truly relative.

Managing your weight and being happy with your look is hard for anyone, especially a teen who's subject to peer pressure and images of skinny celebs. But bodies come in different sizes, and you can be healthy at a variety of weights.

Many people who work long hours in an office use their jobs as an excuse as to why they can't reach their fitness and physique goals. However, having a demanding work, social and family life doesn't mean you can't get in great shape.

Coronary arteries are the arteries that supply blood to your heart. Coronary artery disease, or CAD, occurs when these arteries harden or narrow. If a coronary artery becomes blocked or severely diseased, it may need bypassing. In quadruple bypass surgery, four arteries are bypassed.

Calories are to your body what gasoline is to a car -- fuel. Calories are important to keep your organs functioning, muscles moving and metabolism blazing. If you eat too many calories, then you may increase your risk of certain health conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

One of the tried-and-true methods for weight loss entails cutting out sweets. The amount of weight you lose on a reduced-sugar or sugar-free diet plan will depend upon the amount of sugar you currently eat.

The health risks of fast food are well-documented, and, while eating it occasionally is unlikely to cause problems, the same isn't true for regular consumption.

Recognizing that you need to lose weight for your short- and long-term health is a significant accomplishment. Determining how you will go about losing weight, however, can be a challenging task. To lose weight, you need to consume fewer calories than your body burns each day.

Belly fat in kids is just as serious of a health concern as it is for adults. According to research presented in a 2014 issue of the journal Pediatrics, from the years 2011 to 2012, almost 33 percent of children ages 6 to 18 years qualified as abdominally obese, according to their waist-to-height ratio.

Although pushups burn a small number of calories, they're a strength-training exercise and not a cardio exercise. This means you aren't likely to burn enough calories to lose weight by doing pushups, although the muscle you build through doing this exercise may slightly increase your metabolism.

Most health care professionals recommend you eat regularly throughout the day when you're trying to lose weight. But you may wonder if you'll have better success at losing weight if you only eat once a day.