Jennifer Lopez's Twins Encouraged Her To Get Fit

Jennifer Lopez, who is mom to one-year-old twins Max and Emme, was seen all over Manhattan today raising awareness abut pertussis, the fatal disease better known as whooping cough.

The singer/actress explained that the cause had become close to her heart since becoming a mom and explained that while babies most often contract the disease from their parents: 'We'll [The parents will] be OK, but it could be fatal to the babies'.

Jennifer who completed a triathlon six months after she gave birth, also explained how having the twins encouraged her to get fit.

'Your body becomes sort of this temple for the babies,' she told U.S. journalist Diane Sawyer on the Today Show. 'I needed to do it [the triathlon] to feel like Jennifer again. It was really great for me physically, emotionally, mentally. It got me thinking about achieving again, doing again.'

Jennifer, who is married to singer Marc Anthony and turns 40 in July, also revealed she's set to star in a romantic comedy called 'The Back-up Plan' where she plays a single woman who turns to artificial insemination to answer her ticking biological clock.
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