Obesity News

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.

Weight Watchers Settles Lawsuit With Jenny Craig

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW), the global leader in weight-management services, today announced it has settled its legal dispute with Jenny Craig, Inc. ("Jenny Craig"). Under the terms of the settlement, ...


Weight Watchers Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Earnings Conference Call

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) will release its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009 after the NYSE close on Thursday, February 25, 2010. The Company has also scheduled a conference call ...

Anti-Obesity Drugs - Trends & Opportunities Worldwide

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Anti-Obesity Drugs - Trends & Opportunities Worldwide ...

Filmmaker Barry Levinson to Helm Documentary on Obesity Crisis in America

PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 26 The Creative Coalition today announced that Barry Levinson, Academy Award-winning director of Wag the Dog and Rain Man, will explore America's burgeoning obesity crisis in a new documentary. The film is part of ...

Weight Watchers Granted Temporary Restraining Order Against Jenny Craig

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 Today, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) a temporary restraining order in its lawsuit against Jenny Craig, Inc. ("Jenny ...

Jumpstart Medicine Donates Over Four Thousand Dollars to Local Charities in Weight Loss Drive

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19 Over the holiday season, Jumpstart Medicine, the Bay Area-based, physician supervised weight loss program, partnered with patients to donate a total of over four thousand dollars, a direct correlation to patient ...

'Your Weight Matters' Campaign Challenges the American Public to Talk to Their Doctor About Their Weight

TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 18 Hypertension, sleep apnea, diabetes, high cholesterol and stroke - these are all serious health risks associated with excess weight. In an effort to raise public awareness of excess weight and its related health risks, ...

PHOTO ADVISORY -- Online Auction Sites Selling Fake Weight Loss Products

Editors are advised that high-resolution photos are available to accompany the news release, NY39256, Online Auction Sites Selling Fake Weight Loss Products, issued earlier today by GlaxoSmithKline. Members of the media may ...

Cinergy Health Responds To Overwhelming Rise in Obesity

Leading Provider of Affordable Health Insurance Offers Five Simple Tips on How Americans Can Improve Health in the New Year AVENTURA, Fla. , Jan. 7 -- Cinergy Health , a nationwide agency for guaranteed issue and short term major medical ...

Pound For Pound Challenge Inspires Americans to Lose Weight to Help the Hunger Crisis

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 5 NBC's The Biggest Loser, General Mills, Subway, 24 Hour Fitness and Feeding America are partnering on the Pound For Pound Challenge, a program that encourages Americans to lose weight nationally to help provide ...

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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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