The steep price of looking good on October 13, 2009
Watching The Biggest Loser, you couldn’t help but be impressed at the astonishing weight loss some of the contestants had achieved.
You also couldn’t help but notice a side effect of that achievement -- excess skin. In the arm-baring workout clothes they wore for the weigh-ins, more than a few contestants had pretty prominent “bat wings.?
'I feel this has literally saved my life' on October 13, 2009
Don't be shocked.
If you haven't run into Walter and Lina Zuschlag in a while, you might have trouble recognizing them. That's because the Attleboro couple, who struggled for years to lose weight, have dropped a combined 150 pounds after both partners underwent lap band surgery in 2008.
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Dietitian?s Corner: Change lifestyles for sustained weight loss on October 9, 2009
I see the news of how Americans are becoming more overweight. And I see just as many advertisements with ways to quickly lose weight. Research shows that many diseases could be prevented or improved with weight loss and people usually feel better at a healthier weight. So why aren‘t we really losing weight?
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Depression, Obesity Linked on October 9, 2009
A new editorial in the
British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggests that primary care doctors should pay more attention to patients who present with obesity, as it has been linked to many common mental disorders, including
depression.
Overweight teens turn to surgery on October 9, 2009
BACKGROUND: During adolescence, teenagers face serious body changes. The new release of hormones promotes height and muscle gain in boys and a height and body fat increase in girls. It is normal for teens to feel self-conscious during this time, but seriously obese teens can take these feelings to a new level. Obese teens face social isolation in school, teasing and emotional abuse. Obesity also poses health threats including high blood pressure and diabetes. "Kids who are overweight have a quality of life similar to kids with chronic diseases like cancer," Kerri Boutelle, Ph.D., L.P., an adolescence and obesity expert at the University of Minnesota, was quoted as saying. Overweight kids often grow into overweight adults, continuing the struggle throughout their lifetime. Boutelle’s Service for At-Risk Teens (STAR) clinic found that obese adolescents tend to experience or are at high risk for depression, poor self-image, social isolation, and being perceived as lazy or less attractive when compared to healthy kids.
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Employer must pay for cook's weight-loss surgery on October 9, 2009
In Indiana, an employer may be required to pay for secondary medical treatment if it is necessary in order to treat the employee's work-related injury.
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Lift your Breasts and Your Self-Esteem on October 9, 2009
Every woman's breasts change over time. They grow larger, lose mass, start to sag, and the areola may grow larger. Breasts tend to change with pregnancy and breast-feeding. The breasts will grow larger while producing milk and then shrink after the baby has been weaned. Many times, the breasts sag and look "deflated" after breast-feeding. Some women's breasts may sag after extreme weight loss. There are many reasons that the breasts change and these changes may make us feel unattractive.
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Obesity, depression strongly linked on October 8, 2009
Dr Evan Atlantis, the University of Adelaide’s School of Medicine, said patients with symptoms of common mental illness should be considered for obesity and related
chronic diseases, and vice versa.
The Calorie-Restriction Experiment on October 8, 2009
AS AMERICANS become fatter and fatter — a study published in July revealed that obesity rates increased in 23 states last year and declined in none — a select group of men and women under the watchful care of medical professionals have spent the past few years becoming thinner and thinner.
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