| 01/06/2009 07:55 PM |
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Drugs trigger dramatic weight loss in fat mice (Scientific American)
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Drugs currently on the market but used for other purposes helped plump mice shed pounds by upping their response to the appetite-suppressing hormone leptin, according to a new study. Researchers say the findings offer new hope in the search for weight-loss meds that exploit the hunger-dampening hormone, first discovered some 13 years ago. [More]
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| 01/07/2009 01:37 PM |
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Oprah on her battle with weight (CNN)
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Four years ago, when Oprah managed to get down to a trim and fit 160 pounds, she thought she'd hit on a foolproof formula for permanent weight loss. Then life --in the form of a thyroid problem and a killer schedule-- intervened. Last year she was back up to the 200-pound mark and knew something had to change. After a desperately needed time-out to reflect and recharge, here's what she's ...
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| 01/06/2009 07:41 AM |
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Lucas County Commissioners appoint "weight loss czar" (The Toledo Blade)
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Lucas County Commissioners voted Tuesday to appoint radio host Andrew Zepeda as its first "weight loss czar." Known as Andrew "Z" on his morning show on 92.5 WVKS, Mr. Zepeda is to encourage county residents to lose 1 million pounds in 2009. The 5-foot-9 Perrysburg resident has lost about 80 pounds in the past 12 months through diet, exercise, and a lap-band surgery procedure, and is down to ...
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| 01/04/2009 03:34 AM |
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Combined weight loss nears 800 pounds (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
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Participants in Holiday Trimmings Weight Loss Challenge have lost a combined weight of 795 pounds.
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| 01/07/2009 11:17 AM |
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Hospital staff market weight-loss bracelets (Lincoln Journal Star)
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OMAHA — Staff at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Medical Center are marketing a weight-loss plan that uses color-coded bracelets to monitor food intake.
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| 01/07/2009 06:55 AM |
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Exercise may not be key to weight loss (The Times of India)
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WASHINGTON: Contrary to the common belief, physical activity may not be as important for weight loss as is diet, says a new study. For the study, researchers from Loyola University Health System and other centers compared African American women in metropolitan Chicago with women in rural Nigeria.
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| 01/07/2009 09:55 AM |
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Panel puts its weight behind new official (The Toledo Blade)
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For the record, no spandex, leg-warmers, or magenta tights were in sight when Lucas County commissioners met yesterday. So with 325 pounds on his 5-foot-9-inch frame, the county's new "weight loss czar" stood before commissioners and stated the obvious: He is no Jane Fonda. That's just the point. Andrew Zepeda, known as Andrew "Z" on his 92.5 WVKS morning show, said that experiencing firsthand ...
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| 01/07/2009 07:29 AM |
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Exercise may not be key to weight loss (New Kerala)
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Washington, Jan 7 : Contrary to the common belief, physical activity may not be as important for weight loss as is diet, says a new study.
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| 01/05/2009 06:10 PM |
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Wired for Weight Loss Program Holds Solution to Oprah's - and America's - Weight Woes; Mind/Body Connection Key in ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
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Just in time to address America's number-one New Year's resolution, Mark Patrick Media has officially launched its Wired for Weight Loss program. And in the wake of Oprah Winfrey's recent announcement that she has once again tipped the scales at 200 pounds, combating overeating compulsions resides at the top of millions of Americans minds.
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| 01/06/2009 07:10 PM |
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Weight loss surgery helps women overcome infertility (WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth)
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Weight loss surgery has given better health to thousands of people. Now, it's also giving hope to women struggling with infertility.
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