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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.

Jillian Michaels, America's Ultimate Health & Wellness Expert, Announces New JumpStart 14 Day Cleanse and Burn(TM) as Part of Weight Loss Supplement Line

Launches Nationwide at Walgreens & Wal-Mart Retailers NEW YORK , Jan. 5 -- Jillian Michaels, New York Times bestselling author and renowned wellness coach from NBC's The Biggest Loser and star of the upcoming NBC show Losing It ...


Six Inspiring Women Change for the Better and Lose Nearly 500 Pounds

Weight Watchers(R) Announces Winners of its Annual Inspiring Stories Contest NEW YORK , Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Creating a healthier lifestyle is just making a series of simple changes, according to the six grand prize winners of ...

2010 Weight Management Resolutions Can Be Kept

Smart for Life(R) Cookie Diet's Variety of Products Are Ideal Solution to Keeping That Nagging Resolution CONTACT: Lisa Goodman 1-561-394-5300 ext. 202 [email protected] ...

Is Obesity a Disease? Current Research, Facts, Figures, and the Pros and Cons at New ProCon.org Website

SANTA MONICA, Calif. , Dec. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ProCon.org, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit public charity dedicated to promoting critical thinking, created the new website http:www.obesity.procon.org to explore the core question ...

Food Addiction: Why Weight Loss Resolutions Are Destined to Fail

For information: http:www.thenewparenting.com Contact: Dr. Jeffrey Fine at [email protected] Phone: 1-877-667-7609 - Best Time: 8 AM - 12 Noon EST ...

Chicago's CORE Uses Medicine and the Mind for Weight Loss

CHICAGO , Dec. 29 -- Earlier this month, leaders in the treatment of weight related disorders and psychiatry joined forces under the Comprehensive Obesity Recovery Effort (CORE, LLC). Insight Psychological Centers and medical weight loss ...

VIVUS Submits Qnexa(R) New Drug Application to the FDA for the Treatment of Obesity

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 29 VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative, next-generation medical therapies to address unmet needs in obesity, diabetes and sexual health, announced today that a New Drug ...

THIN ADVENTURE(TM) Presents the First Children's Do-It-Yourself Weight-Loss Program

BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 28 With many American children overweight and obese, Smart for Life's new THIN ADVENTURE(TM) Children's Weight Loss Program introduces an affordable 30-day weight-loss program designed for children between ...

synthesis - legislative obesity - fatheads

SEATTLE, Dec. 25 The following blog post was published on December 24, 2009, by Shafeen Charania, author of the synthesis blog, winner of the 2008 Weblog award for best new blog, and Time.com's 25 best blogs of 2009. There is a ...

Bistro MD and Dr. Phil Team Up to Fight Childhood Obesity

NAPLES, Fla., Dec. 17 Bistro MD once again partnered with Dr. Phil to provide help for families in need. In 2008, Dr. Phil asked Bistro MD's bariatric physician, Dr. Caroline Cederquist, to offer advice and assistance to a severely obese ...

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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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