SUMMER 2009
Access Happiness
Her career may be dominated by pageant queens and hollywood glamour, but Nancy O'Dell keeps her focus on inner beauty.
By Chris Mann
Delivering celebrity juice since joining the hit TV newsmagazine "Access Hollywood" in 1996, unstoppable multi-hyphenate Nancy O'Dell finally took more than she could dish out last March. Days shy of waltzing onto the season debut of "Dancing with the Stars," the 43-year-old journalist-turned-emcee-turned-author twisted her knee while rehearsing the salsa. A torn meniscus sidelined O'Dell, but only from the disco-ball-illuminated parquet floor.While trying to squeeze surgery and 6-8 weeks of rehab into her airtight schedule, the perennially sunny-yet-uber competitive TV star kept juggling her day job with other hosting duties while promoting her new book of "mom-to-mom tips" called "Full of Life," and remaining proudly attentive to daughter, Ashby Grace, who turns 2 in June.
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s the prescription for getting healthy.
By Timothy J. Moore, PhD, CHES
How Mom Got Hot
This busy young mother of three said goodbye to drive throughs and hello to healthy foods and fitness.
Fix Your Weight-loss Plan
Eight out of 10 people who start a diet choose one that is guaranteed to fail. Now we know why.
By Kathy Thames, MS, RD, LD
Venus Rising
Tennis icon Venus Williams brings her trademark intensity to her off-court training and commercial pursuits.
By Eric Butterman
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