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Certain Diet Drugs Can Help Boost Weight Loss
• Weight Loss • Apr 05 05
Prescription weight-loss drugs can help consumers shed a moderate amount of weight when combined with a dieting regimen, a new study finds.
And a…
School food barges its way into UK election
• Weight Loss • Mar 30 05
A British TV chef won his crusade against Turkey Twizzlers on Wednesday, knocking on Prime Minister Tony Blair’s door with a petition demanding healthier…
Obesity raises diabetes risk up to 80 times
• Weight Loss • Mar 18 05
People who are obese are up to 80 times more likely to develop diabetes, a leading health charity said on Friday.
In Britain,…
EU obesity taskforce to fight “expanding waistline”
• Weight Loss • Mar 15 05
EU regulators joined forces with Europe’s advertisers and food industry Tuesday to tackle an alarming rise in Obesity, particularly among children.
Agri-food companies, consumer…
Best fitness routine may depend on personality
• Weight Loss • Jan 17 05
Before starting a new fitness program or exercise, men and women would do well to determine which activity best suits their personality, according to…
Weight changes are hard on knees
• Weight Loss • Nov 10 04
Gaining a lot of weight in adulthood appears to increase the risk of needing surgery to repair arthritic knees, new research reports.
A group…
Obese children turn to surgery
• Weight Loss • Oct 31 04
An operation to reduce the stomach’s size is the last resort in the fight against weight gain.
Eric Decker knew at age five that…
Man Who Weighed Over 1,000 Pounds Gets Surgery
• Weight Loss • Oct 26 04
A Valentine, Neb., man who once weighed more than 1,000 pounds is recovering from surgery.
Patrick Deuel had lost 360 pounds in August, but…
Want to lose weight? Watch those portion sizes
• Weight Loss • Oct 21 04
New study findings suggest that controlling portion sizes may be the fastest route to Weight Loss.
The research shows that the “direct route…
Gene to blame in rare cases of extreme obesity
• Weight Loss • Sep 30 04
Changes to a gene involved in the regulation of body weight may contribute to weight gain in a very small number of obese individuals,…
Breastfeeding not the key to quick fat loss
• Weight Loss • Sep 14 04
For new mothers trying to lose those extra pounds, breastfeeding may not be the surefire answer that many women consider it to be, according…
Ephedra-free weight-loss aids may also carry risks
• Weight Loss • Sep 10 04
A botanical used in some weight-loss products as a substitute for now-banned ephedra may possibly pose health risks of its own. And it may…
Got grapefruit? It may help you lose weight
• Weight Loss • Aug 29 04
Eating half of a grapefruit three times per day before meals appears to help people shed unwanted pounds, according to new study findings reported…
Antidepressant Effective For Weight Loss In Women
• Weight Loss • Aug 17 04
A drug approved for the treatment of depression and smoking cessation appears effective for long-term weight loss in obese women, according to researchers…
Lipitor cleared for heart attack prevention claim
• Weight Loss • Aug 06 04
Pfizer Inc. on Wednesday said U.S. regulators have allowed the company to advertise that Lipitor (atorvastatin) cuts the risk of myocardial infarction.
The New…
Overweight women overestimate physical activity
• Weight Loss • Jun 24 04
Young women, especially those who are overweight, tend to overestimate their levels of physical activity, according to a new study.
After losing weight, however,…
Liposuction May Not Aid Health
• Weight Loss • Jun 17 04
Liposuctioning your waistline can make you look just fabulous, but it won’t necessarily make you healthier.
Researchers at St. Louis’s Washington University have found…
Liposuction cuts fat but not disease risks
• Weight Loss • Jun 16 04
Liposuction may let doctors extract body fat, but it doesn’t trim the risk of heart disease or diabetes the same way losing weight would,…
Weight loss may improve lung function in obese women
• Weight Loss • Jun 10 04
Obese women who lose weight may experience improved respiratory function, Canadian researchers report in the June issue of Chest.
“Weight loss seems to work…
Aetna joins other insurers in obesity fight
• Weight Loss • Jun 04 04
Health insurers, spurred on by employers grappling with billions of dollars in costs due to obese employees, are increasingly subsidizing programs such as Weight…
Obesity: Small Steps Help
• Weight Loss • Jun 03 04
For the obese, a small loss may be a big victory.
Evidence is building that really heavy people may be able to greatly improve…
High blood pressure closely related to body weight
• Weight Loss • May 30 04
Being heavy goes hand-in-hand with having high blood pressure, especially for women, according to researchers.
Dr. Yehonatan Sharabi, of the National Institutes of Health,…
Popular diets: The good, the fad and the iffy
• Weight Loss • May 28 04
A calorie is a calorie, no matter where it comes from. Most weight-loss diets help you to restrict calories in one way or another.…
Study Gives Low-Carb Diets The Thumbs Up
• Weight Loss • May 28 04
Two trials reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine compared low-carbohydrate diets with low-fat diets. Both found that people on the low-carb diets lost…
Does a Low-Fat Diet Increase Heart Risk?
• Weight Loss • May 28 04
A low-fat diet decreases good cholesterol along with the bad. But that’s OK, a new study shows. Bad cholesterol is called LDL. It causes…