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Americans continue to gain weight, with no end in sight. Now, based on years of helping people lose weight, the doctors at WeightWorks reveal the Top 7 Reasons responsible for an estimated 95% of all weight gain and subsequent weight loss failures. Houston, TX (PRWEB) July 17, 2012 After years of helping people lose weight for life, the doctors at WeightWorks have compiled the definitive guide to the Top 7 Reasons Why America is Overweight. "So many people are well-intentioned about...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Qsymia(TM) (pronounced Kyoo sim ee' uh) as an adjunct to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in adult patients with an initial body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater (obese), or 27 or greater (overweight) in the presence of at least one weight-related comorbidity, such as...

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Obesity is becoming a global epidemic and is especially worrying in industrialized countries. Nearly 1.5 billion people - 20% of the world's population - are overweight and, of these, 500 million are obese. Obesity-linked diseases are likely to further increase healthcare expenditure in America and Europe, where governments are already struggling due to the high level of public debt. (Photo:...

MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, Minn., July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the prevalence of childhood obesity in children rapidly increases across the United States, and the nation continues to grapple with the life-threatening consequences of this epidemic, a new report released today from Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota examines how this public health threat is impacting children and families across Minnesota - and what can be done to address it. (Photo:...

Reliable Online Product Reviews tears off the cover and digs in to give a once-and-for-all, conclusive review on this much-discussed weight loss program. (PRWEB) July 15, 2012 "You are overweight for the most simple of reasons -- because you're eating the wrong foods, the wrong types of calories per meal, and you're also eating meals in the wrong patterns each day." This is the opening statement on the Fat Loss 4 Idiots website. OK, sounds pretty logical. So what to do...

With the rising figures of obesity worldwide, there is now an urgent need to take control of one's health and wellness. Clinical Ayurveda Herbalist Manu Kalia of Tridosha Wellness presents Weight Care, a new solution that would help people lose weight naturally. Oakland, California (PRWEB) July 13, 2012 Obesity is a medical condition wherein a person's body has accumulated excessive amounts of fat; compared to people who are simply overweight, people with obesity face serious...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Considered taboo in the past, breastfeeding is the new hip activity for mothers who recently gave birth. Breastfeeding has gained in popularity for a variety of reasons related to better health. Most recently, scientists discovered that, while having more babies can lead to a higher body mass index, the longer a woman breastfeeds causes a lower body mass index (BMI) later on. The study included women who had breastfed for at least six...

Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, introduces novel cost-effective strategies to facilitate healthy eating among weight-conscious consumers. A number of experiments, by Esther Papies and colleagues of Utrecht University, The Netherlands, now suggest that simply adding words related to health and weight on posters, restaurant menu's, or...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The global obesity epidemic has continued to burgeon without any solid intervention to halt and reverse an issue that now affects more than 1 in 3 people. Yet, that could change with the development of a new vaccine that scientists are hoping will keep the pounds off at the dinner table. The vaccine -- dubbed the “flab jab” -- is the invention of scientists at the South Dakota, US company Braasch Biotech with Dr. Keith Haffer...

ORANGE, Calif., July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Bariatric Surgery for weight loss in the morbidly obese is one of the most common, major upper abdominal operations currently performed in North America. The benefits of bariatric surgery include improvement of obesity related diseases, reduction of cardiovascular risks, and longer life expectancy. Contrary to the perception that weight loss surgery is unsafe and unlikely to provide substantial benefits to Seniors, the same...