The number of people undergoing weight-loss surgeries, especially gastric bypass, has grown at a phenomenal rate. According to the December Archives of Surgery, bariatric operations have increased 450% between 1998 and 2002, going from 12,775 …

The American Council on Exercise (ACE), a non-profit fitness advocate, announced its top 10 fitness trend predictions for 2006:

Teenagers and kids are utilizing personal trainers for sport-specific training. As the number of student athletes increases, …

What makes winter a weight gain season?

Cold and long nights > Seeking warmth indoors > Decrease in activity levels
Multiple layers of clothing > Excess weight not prominently visible > Lowering of guard against obesity concerns
Festive …

Research conducted by the University of Washington in Seattle, University of Minnesota School of Public Health in Minneapolis, and Harvard in Cambridge, Mass., has shown that overweight and obese men and women trying to lose weight …

A first-of-its-kind large-scale community-based study has found that over 30 years, 90% of men and 70% of women ended up being overweight. Also, a third of those studied ended up with obesity.
This is a worrisome finding given that being overweight or …

There’s no science to back it up but many weight loss experts believe that stepping on the scale can help a dieter lose weight. Here are tips about the best way to measure and monitor your …

Former ‘Sex and the City’ star Sarah Jessica Parker slammed celebrity mothers for rushing to lose their pregnancy weight.
"There’s all this emphasis on losing weight after you have a baby. Look at Posh Spice or …

Less invasive weight-loss techniques like the lap-band surgery and balloon surgery are becoming increasingly popular in Europe but are yet to catch on in US.
In the lap-band technique, an adjustable band is slipped around the stomach through a …

Shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: ARNA) rose by $ 2.11 to $ 13.48, after the company reported that its experimental diet drug, known as APD356, helped patients lose significant weight in a midstage clinical trial.
Over the 12 …

On Jan 23, 2006, the FDA advisory committee shall review an application by GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) to sell Orlistat (Xenical) in the over-the-counter market. If given the go-ahead, it will be the only FDA-approved weight-loss …