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Medindia's Press Release’ section provides the latest press release on Obesity from across the world for the global audience. This page links to 480 Obesity press releases.

The More Frequently You Log On, the More Weight You Can Keep Off

PORTLAND, Ore., July 27 The more people used an interactive weight management website, the more weight loss they maintained, according to a Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research study published online today in the Journal of Medical Internet ...


Back to School, Back to Basics: Paul Huljich--The Bipolar Man Who Cured Himself--Addresses the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity in the United States

NEW YORK, July 26 One of the biggest health problems facing the United States today is childhood obesity. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, the percentage of overweight children in the United States is growing at an alarming rate, with 1 out ...

VitaminEmporium.com Offers a New Way to Shop and Save on Vitamins

BELLEVUE, Wash., July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VitaminEmporium.com(TM), a new online retail store offers the best selection of vitamins and supplements to health conscious Americans with savings up to 70%, backed by a low price guarantee. ...

Mega-T brand Weight Loss Products Class Action Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES, July 19 This is a legal notice authorized by Los Angeles Superior Court in an attempt to contact anyone who purchased (for personal use) any of the following Mega-T dietary supplements: Mega-T Ultra, Mega-T Plus, Mega-T ...

New York Jets Defensive Tackle Kris Jenkins Teams with Celebrity Weight-Loss Expert Dr. Sanford Siegal in Hopes of Winning Head Coach Rex Ryan's Weight-Loss Challenge

NEW YORK, July 16 To help him win a weight-loss competition proposed by head coach Rex Ryan, New York Jets defensive tackle Kris Jenkins has recruited renowned physician, author, and weight-loss expert Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., best ...

VIVUS Comments on FDA Advisory Committee Panel Meeting on QNEXA® (phentermine/topiramate) Controlled Release Capsules for the Treatment of Obesity

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 15 VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) today announced that the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted against the following question: "Based on the ...

Inactivity Does Not Cause Obesity: Study Confirms Dr. Hanan Polansky's Starved Gene Theory

ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 15 According to a recent longitudinal study in children, inactivity does not lead to fatness! Moreover, the authors concluded that fatness is driving inactivity, and not the other way around. The authors noted that ...

New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Results of Two-Year BLOOM Trial Showing Lorcaserin Caused Significant Weight Loss and Improved Maintenance of Weight Loss

SAN DIEGO and WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., July 14 Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA) and Eisai Inc. today announced that results from the two-year BLOOM (Behavioral modification and Lorcaserin for Overweight and Obesity ...

Data on VIVUS' Qnexa to be Presented at International Congress on Obesity

CONTACT:   VIVUS, Inc. Investor Relations: The Trout Group Timothy E. Morris Brian Korb Chief Financial Officer 646-378-2923 ...

Frost & Sullivan: Rising Obesity Rates Drive the Global Weight Management Ingredients Market

LONDON, June 23 Obesity rates, which have been steadily rising in Europe and the United States, are now increasing in Asian nations as well. While healthy eating and lifestyle management are the key solutions to weight management, they ...

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Diet and Lifestyle Crisis Fuels India's Abdominal Obesity

Diet and Lifestyle Crisis Fuels India's Abdominal Obesity

Soumya Swaminathan, former WHO Chief Scientist, highlights that the rise in abdominal obesity in India is largely due to unhealthy diets and a lack of physical activity, pointing to a significant public health concern ( ). ...

Muscle Risk in Weight-Loss Medication

Muscle Risk in Weight-Loss Medication

Essential need to preserve skeletal muscle mass when using GLP-1 receptor agonists for weight loss has been highlighted in the Lancet editorial. Although effective for obesity treatment, these medications raise concerns over the potential for ...

Expanding Access to Weight Loss Drugs Could Save Lives

Expanding Access to Weight Loss Drugs Could Save Lives

Expanding access to new and highly effective weight-loss medications could save over 40,000 deaths every year in the United States ( ). A recent study by the Yale School of Public Health and the University of Florida, explains the ...

Simple Blood Test Offers Early Detection of Obesity-Related Risks in Kids

Simple Blood Test Offers Early Detection of Obesity-Related Risks in Kids

New blood test has been developed that measures lipids to identify children at risk of obesity-related complications, including type 2 diabetes , liver disease , and heart disease , as per a study from King’s College London published in Nature ...

Obesity Care Crisis: Underfunded Services Limiting Access to Treatment

Obesity Care Crisis: Underfunded Services Limiting Access to Treatment

A BMJ investigation has uncovered a widespread lack of access to obesity care in England. Nearly half of the country's patients cannot see specialist weight loss teams, and...

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