Take Off the Weight Archive: October 2008
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4 In 10 Parents Wrong On Whether Their Child Is Under Or Overweight
Is your child overweight? Or underweight? 4 out of 10 parents are wrong in evaluating their own children. Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published October 30 2008
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10 Dark Secrets of the Food Industry
With the public health crisis known as obesity reaching emergency proportions in the United States, the public spotlight is turning on the makers of the highly processed, high-calorie junk foods that help to fuel the growing calamity.Click for More Information on Obesity Surgery. Published October 29 2008
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Researchers Control “Hunger Hormone”
Investigators may have found a novel route to weight loss by controlling the hormone that produces appetite.Click for More Information on Obesity Surgery. Published October 24 2008
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Detecting Diabetes With Light
Type II Diabetes is one of the most dramatic and dangerous problems associated with obesity. Now there is a new device that uses light to provide early diagnosis for this disease. Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published October 23 2008
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Gastric Bypass Reduces Risk of Coronart Artery Disease
Evidence is beginning to mount that gastric bypass surgery does reduce the risk of coronary artery disease.Click for More Information on Obesity Surgery Published October 20 2008
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Chocolate Milkshakes Reveal New Insight into Obesity
The journal "Science" reports on the impact of chocolate milkshakes on obese people versus non-obese people.Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published October 17 2008
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Weight-Loss Surgery 'Controls Diabetes'
Surgery to constrict the gastrointestinal tract cab be a safe and effective procedure to control type 2 diabetes in those who are morbidly obese. Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published October 15 2008
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Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
The new Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans are the most comprehensive of their kind and are based on the first thorough review of scientific literature.Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published October 13 2008
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Body Contouring a Good Follow-up to Liposuction
Body Contouring gets rid of the unattractive folds after liposuction, making the patient sleek and “normal”-looking. But it’s a complex, highly invasive procedure that involves considerable discomfort during recuperation. Click here for more information on Obesity Surgery. Published October 10 2008
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Americans Spend $86 Billion a Year on Neck and Back Pain
Researchers reported in The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that Americans are spending $86 billion a year on treating neck and back pain, probably more than any other ailment. Click for More Information about Obesity Surgery Published October 8 2008
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How Obesity Abets Type 2 Diabetes
Human fat can be healthy or sick – healthy in lean people and sick in obese. And a new research effort shows sick fat cells can produce proteins that contribute to type 2 diabetes. Published October 8 2008
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Seven Breakthrough Strategies for Weight Loss
Seven areas to focus on to flank excess weight and, hopefully, lead to big improvements in health. Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published October 7 2008
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How stress causes weight gain
The mounting stress in today’s society leads to a vicious descending spiral of ever-increasing weight gain. But the good news is that the spiral is not inevitable and can be reversed and transcended. Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published October 3 2008
