Meredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends.

Andrea K. Walker has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. An exercise fanatic, she's probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail airlines, small and minority business, and now health.

Patrick Maynard specializes in database projects. He started writing about health and fitness for baltimoresun.com in 2010.