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Hopkins Q&A: Healthy Lifestyle Necessary For Individuals Using Wheelchairs BALTIMORE -- The battle of the bulge is one Americans face regularly -- and lose all too often. While we may think it's the waistbands of our jeans that pay the price, the real toll is taken on our hearts. For those of us who use wheelchairs, it is even harder to keep our weight at healthy levels and to keep our cardiovascular system fit and healthy. The same rules apply -- eat right and get plenty of aerobic exercise -- but those who use wheelchairs may have to get their exercise in different ways. In this InteliHealth interview, Nathan J. Rudin, M.D., assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, offers some suggestions for a healthy lifestyle -- and they apply to everyone, not just those using wheelchairs. <A HREF="http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?212580"> http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?212580</A> _