TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Surgical Study Highlights Pros And Cons Of Gastric Bypass Surgery For Severe Obesity Severely obese patients who underwent two different gastric bypass techniques had lost up to 31 per cent of their Body Mass Index (BMI) after four years, with no deaths reported among the 50 study subjects, according to the November issue of the British Journal of Surgery. medicalnewstoday.com |
Weight-loss drug may not inspire diet change (Reuters) Reuters - Many people on the weight-loss drug orlistat may not keep up the diet changes considered necessary for the treatment's success, a small study suggests. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Bariatric Surgery: Waiting Times Too Long In Canada Obesity is now acknowledged as a chronic disease with a number of related complications, and its prevalence has reached alarming epidemic proportions. While bariatric surgery is effective at treating the disease, access to this procedure is still too limited in Canada. The latest article published by Dr. Nicolas Christou, of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), in the June issue of the Canadian Journal of Surgery assesses the waiting times for this procedure. medicalnewstoday.com |
Low-fat, high-fiber diet good for the colon (Reuters) Reuters - People who have growths or "polyps" in the colon removed can cut their risk of developing recurrent polyps by strictly adhering to a diet low in fat and high in fiber, fruits and vegetables. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Overweight Adults Could Burn More Calories By Watching Less TV US researchers conducting a randomized controlled trial found that adults weighing above the healthy range could burn more calories by watching less television: trial participants who cut their television viewing time in half were more active and on average burned an extra 120 more calories a day... mnt.to |