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A new study links nicotine poisoning with weight gain, and concludes that active smokers, not only those who stop, put on more weight than non-smokers. After four years of analysis in the…

Their schoolmates’ weight determines whether teenage high school girls will try to lose pounds, new research finds, and the school environment plays a big role in the decision.

Need some help with your weight loss? Below are some great weight loss tips to help you that extra bit; these weight loss tips offers pointers for practical, effective weight loss tactics.…

Today the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) voted to recommend the suspension of marketing authorizations for all anti-obesity medicines containing sibutramine.…

A Université de Montréal research team is developing a pill composed of leptin, the protein that tells our brain to stop eating. “Mice deprived of leptin will not stop eating.…

Saying childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years, first lady Michelle Obama asked the nation’s mayors to help her battle an epidemic that could see today’s kids lead shorter lives than…

For primary care physicians, obesity is one of the most challenging problems confronted in office practice. The disorder is increasing in prevalence despite the efforts of both patients and physicians. Treatment requires a multimodality…

Obesity is a condition that often follows family lines, but bariatric surgery offers hope for breaking this generational pattern.

“Bariatric surgery is part of a transformational lifestyle change,” said Christopher Still,…

When your New Year’s resolution to lose weight crumbles as fast as the cookie touching your lips, it’s time to admit that diets don’t work. More successful…

Confused by the myriad of diet books that promise to help you melt away those excess pounds to produce the body of a supermodel?

Scientists at the Mayo Clinic…

Obese patients who lost a moderate amount of weight by eating less and exercising more improved their cardiovascular health, says a study at Washington University School of Medicine…

Fasting every other day can help obese people lose weight, a small study hints.

Even though the study participants ate whatever they wanted on their non-fasting days, they lost an…

Americans continue to get heavier. Most weight control methods short of bariatric surgery are generally considered ineffective in preventing obesity or reducing weight. The term energy gap…

Decreased physical activity may have little to do with the recent spike in obesity rates among U.S. adolescents, according to researchers at…

A study conducted by exercise physiologists in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Human Studies finds that as little as 80 minutes…

If you’ve lost a lot of weight and want to keep it off, banishing high-fat foods and getting rid of your TV sets might help, along with eating…

Enrolling in a weight loss program with a family member or friend appears to enhance weight loss among African Americans, but only if the involved…

Obese adults may shed more weight with the diabetes drug liraglutide than with the weight-loss drug orlistat (Xenical, Alli), suggests a study in The Lancet this week.

The finding that…

Moderate Weight Loss Helps Reduce Risk of Osteoarthritis in the Knee, Maintaining Weight Provides No Benefit

Here’s another good reason to lose even a moderate…

Garlic has been, for long, known for its health benefits such as prevention of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes etc. Now, researchers say that garlic may help in weight loss. Garlic contains the…

With the rising popularity of bariatric surgery (BS), there is an increasing need for patients and their doctors to recognize and prevent the potential complications from this weight…

Weight loss surgery can help you lose weight, but it’s also likely to leave you unable to absorb iron, a new study suggests: Iron deficiency is a common problem after…

Being too optimistic could harm weight loss efforts. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal, BioPsychoSocial Medicine, reveals the psychological characteristics that may contribute to weight loss.

Hitomi Saito from Doshisha…

Losing weight may preserve kidney function in obese people with kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology…

A difference in brain activity patterns may explain why some people are able to maintain a significant weight loss while others regain the weight, according…