Long-Term Weight Loss More Successful With Maintenance Intervention
Coaching sessions seem to help patients from regaining the weight.
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Daytime Sleepiness Improved with Intentional Weight Loss
There was a large improvement in daytime sleepiness with surgical weight loss interventions.
Physicians Need More Education on Herbal Weight Loss Products
Study shows that more than 80% felt that weight loss products have severe adverse effects and its use should be limited.
Bariatric Surgery Can Benefit Some Obese Children and Teens
Bariatric surgery—as a last resort when conservative interventions have failed—can improve liver disease and other obesity-related health problems in severely obese children and adolescents.
Not All Obese People Develop Metabolic Problems Linked to Excess Weight
New research demonstrates that obesity does not always go hand in hand with metabolic changes in the body that can lead to diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
Study Suggests the Human Body Cannot Be Trained to Maintain a Higher Metabolism
New research suggests that high- and normal-protein diets are tied to higher metabolism and 45% more storage of lean tissue, or muscle mass, versus fat when compared to low-protein diets.
Would You Eat That Doughnut if You Knew You Had to Walk 2 Miles to Burn It Off?
A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will examine whether adding the amount of walking it takes to burn off the calories in food items will lead consumers to make healthier choices.
Brain Benefits From Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery
Weight loss surgery can curb alterations in brain activity associated with obesity and improve cognitive function involved in planning, strategizing, and organizing, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Societys Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism.
Colon Cleanse Trends: The Truth About Cleansing
Many physicians are fielding questions from patients about detox or other scheme diets and colon cleanse products these days. Other patients are just listening to the hype and trying these fad diets, diet scams, and cleanse products (often to help lose weight) without consulting a medical professional.
Antidepressant Plus Addiction Medication Are Elements of New Weight-Loss Drug
On Wednesday, June 11, a new prescription weight-loss medication that combines a popular antidepressant with a medication for addiction will be reviewed by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) for potential approval.
Losing excess weight and keeping it off is not as easy as simply popping the right pill, but medications can be a part of a healthy weight-loss diet, says an internationally recognized medical weight-loss specialist. Prescription drugs are no substitute for low-fat, high-fiber balanced diets coupled with regular exercise but medication can help increase weight loss in some people, says Bipan Chand, MD, FACS, FASMBS, FASGE, director of The Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery Bariatric Care.
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