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: Its a sad fact, but the human race is going through an “obesity epidemic”, which will drive an estimated $150 billion spending in 2007 on weight loss.Clinically proven to reduce fat intake by nearly 30%, very few weight loss products available without prescription are as effective as Proactol Continue reading
UK Health News 02/26/2009
Stomach stapling soars by 40% – The Guardian 26th February 2009 Stomach stapling and other surgical measures to help people lose weight have soared by 40% in the last year as the obesity epidemic continues apace, official figures show today. Obesity is set to become a huge financial burden on the NHS, in terms of measures to help people lose weight and in treatment for the potentially life-threatening consequences, such as diabetes, which is also rising steeply. tags : Health , News , Continue reading
For Short-Term Weight Loss, Economic Incentives Work
The obesity epidemic in the United States is well recognized. “In 2004, 71 percent of U.S. adults were overweight or obese according to standard definitions, and at present obesity falls just behind smoking as a preventable cause of premature death,” the authors write. They continue, pointing out that many behaviors predict obesity: Continue reading
Weight Loss Amid the Obesity Epidemic
How to lose weight amid an obesity epidemic. Why are so many people fat and over weight Continue reading
Be a Loser: 50 Reasons to Get Weight Loss Surgery
Weight loss surgery is fast becoming a very popular way for obese and morbidly obese people to get and keep the weight off. America is the fattest it’s ever been and they’re even saying there is an “obesity epidemic”. The term is even being used in the UK now. I even had gastric by pass surgery 2 years ago and it has changed my life only for the… Continue reading
Honey, I Plumped the Kids
Reversing the obesity epidemic may rest on helping women lose weight before they conceive and helping them eat a balanced diet while they are pregnant. Continue reading
Fueling the Obesity Epidemic? Artificially Sweetened Beverage Use and Long-term Weight Gain
The current issue of the journal Obesity has a very good, careful study linking consumption of artificial sweeteners (AS) to weight gain. Of course we’ve known for many years that artificial sweeteners do not contribute to weight loss – aside from tightly controlled short-term trials, where the results are mixed, the data is clear and consistent on this. But many believed these beverages were neutral, neither helping nor hurting. More recently the balance of the research has been shifting. Continue reading
Keys to a successful weight loss plan
As America’s obesity epidemic continues to spiral out of control, more and more people are looking for a successful weight loss plan. The problem begins with the fact that there are thousands of such plans claiming to help you lose weight. It can be a seemingly impossible task to determine which plans actually work. There are, however, some key aspects to successful plans. Here are five keys to a successful weight loss plan: 1. Above all else, a successful weight loss plan should have its found Continue reading