Bonita's traveling exercise teachers include a number of dancers and trained exercise professionals. Find a favorite, or ask Bonita to come over herself. After all, if she'll do it for Barbara Walters, she'll surely do it for you." — From "New York on $1,000 A Day * Before Lunch"

"Childhood obesity is almost pandemic, yet it's taking us so long to act...no one disputes the fact that more children in New York City are becoming overweight at a younger age than many other child populations in the nation. More than 35% of children in the city describe themselves as overwieght, compared with 28% in the rest of the state, according to 1999 figures from the Women, Infants and Children Program."

— Crain's New York