A&E, the cable network that is slowly becoming no arts nor entertainment, has signed on another tabloid favorite celebrity to bare her life for the camera.
Kirstie Alley will join the network’s neverending list of celebrity …
This WTAE-TV 4 (Pittsburgh, PA) story about a woman (Fran DiVecchio) who shed 100 pounds off of her body and kept it off for 10 years:
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The Mediterranean meets East Tennessee. The diet plan, based on the eating habits of the people living in the region is making its way to America.
Recent study shows eating a Mediterranean-style diet for three months …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
AOL has launched an online fitness initiative called America Takes It Off, in partnership with ABC’s Good Morning America. Through a program called ‘30 Days, 30 Ways’ they intend to educate participants on ways to …
Dr. Jeffrey L. Lord, a specialist in laparoscopic weight loss surgery, will present “Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right for You?” on Tuesday, Dec. 5 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast.
Jade Goody, a one-time dental assistant whose final days were as closely chronicled in the media as her appearances on reality television, died of cervical cancer early on Sunday, media reported.
The 27-year-old mother of two, …
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sexual dysfunction that commonly occurs in morbidly obese men improves after weight loss surgery, according to a new study.
“Sexual dysfunction should be considered one of the numerous potentially reversible complications of obesity,” the study team concludes.
by KALPANA SHARMA(TOI)
A recent study has claimed that stretching before a work-out is not of any use. While gym instructors make it a mandatory cycle to stretch body parts before exercising, this study has raised …
By Mitch Felipe
MANILA, Philippines – It has been a practice of busy women preparing for their wedding to eat less and neglect exercise. If you resort to starvation, you’d regain the weight during …
By Emma Wilkinson ,Health reporter, BBC News
People who are overweight or obese in middle-age run the risk of being frail in later life, say Finnish researchers.
A study of more than 1,000 men found the highest …
By Mitch Felipe
MANILA, Philippines – It has been a practice of busy women preparing for their wedding to eat less and neglect exercise. If you resort to starvation, you’d regain the weight during …