Weight Loss Success Stories

Should Insurance Cover Gastric Bypass Side Effect? 
Local6.com Central Florida - Dec 05 9:43 AM
BOSTON — Gastric bypass surgery, the procedure that reduces the size of the stomach and induces significant weight loss, is growing in popularity. But when the surgery is successful, patients are often left with a new problem, one that not all insurance carriers cover, reported WCVB-TV in Boston.Save to My Web

TOPS members find their strength lies in numbers 
Villages Daily Sun - Dec 07 4:13 AM
THE VILLAGES - It often has been said that there is strength in numbers. Members of a group called Taking Off Pounds Sensibly have found this statement to be true.Save to My Web

Weight-loss plans dangerous for youngsters 
Northwest Herald - Dec 05 12:03 AM
CHICAGO (AP) Young athletes are at risk for engaging in unhealthy efforts to lose or gain weight and doctors need to provide proper guidance and encourage coaches to do the same, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.Save to My Web

Group: Rapid weight loss risky for young athletes 
CNN.com - Dec 05 9:22 AM
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — Young athletes are at risk of engaging in unhealthy efforts to lose or gain weight and doctors need to give them guidance and “put pressure” on coaches to do the same, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.Save to My Web

Australia’s TEN Network Records Drop In First QTR Earnings 
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News - Dec 06 7:33 PM
Ten Network Holdings (ASX:TEN) today posted a drop in first quarter earnings, but the Big Brother broadcaster is confident of retaining advertising market share with its 2006 programs.Save to My Web

Balancing Act: Holidays amp up financial stress 
Miami Herald - Dec 07 12:19 AM
Financial woes that rob workers of their focus often become more acute during the holidays cgoodman@herald.com Overburdened by credit card debt from shopping sprees and a car purchase, Kathy, a receptionist at a local weight loss center said she cringed every time the phone rang.Save to My Web

DIET: Pediatricians alerted to weight-control concerns in young athletes 
KBCI Boise - Dec 04 10:23 PM
CHICAGO The nation’s pediatricians are concerned about weight control among young athletes. The American Academy of Pediatrics says doctors need to give young athletes guidance and pressure coaches about unhealthy efforts to lose or gain weight.Save to My Web

A Scale Model For Success 
Washington Post - Nov 28 6:43 PM
If you’re feeling like the stuffed turkey you ate last week, you can do something to help yourself today: Climb on the bathroom scale. Scary as it may be to look at your bottom line, weighing yourself daily is one habit that is linked with long-term successful weight maintenance, according to the…Save to My Web

Academy: Young Athletes Should Be Careful Losing Weight 
The Boston Channel - Dec 05 7:37 AM
A pediatrics group says doctors need to guide young athletes when it comes to safe weight control.Save to My Web

Lifestyle modification should be the first line of treatment for obesity 
News-Medical-Net - Nov 28 2:17 AM
A new study shows that treatment with a lifestyle modification program of diet, exercise and behavioral therapy when used in combination with the weight loss medication sibutramine (Meridia) resulted in significantly greater weight loss among obese adults than treatment with the medication alone.Save to My Web

Is your HEART smart? 
Manila Bulletin - Nov 30 8:20 AM
About 95 employees of Abenson Inc. had set out to find out if their hearts were smart when they took the Quaker Oatmeal Smart Heart Challenge for 30 days and came out of it happy and victorious!Save to My Web

Weight-loss patient dies
Corpus Christi Caller Times, TX - Nov 24, 2005 William Collins, a Corpus Christi native who lost more than 500 pounds after weight-loss surgery seven years ago, died Friday in Minnesota after complications

Weight-loss surgery works wonders on body and mind
Bridgewater Courier News,  United States - Dec 3, 2005 They may feel that the person in the mirror is a stranger — no matter how much better they look — or the dramatic weight loss may affect dysfunctional

Stress behind Nicole’s weight loss: dad
Canada.com, Canada - Nov 22, 2005 NEW YORK — Lionel Richie says the stress of his daughter’s expanding career is most likely the reason for her shrinking dress size.

weight loss Combination of group therapy and drug seems most
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription), IN - Nov 27, 2005 Others use weight-loss drugs to suppress their appetite. Some do both. What works best? THIS STUDY randomly assigned 224 obese adults

Female Athletes Focus Just on Weight Loss
Herald News Daily, ND - Nov 29, 2005 improved. Weight loss was no longer her primary goal. If discipline is required for training, she says, why not for nutrition too?

Medical News: Seasonal Affective Disorder, Kids & Weight Loss
Boston Channel.com,  USA - Dec 5, 2005 BOSTON — In Monday’s medical news, NewsCenter 5’s Heather Unruh reported on ways to combat seasonal affective disorder, children and weight loss and heart