Weight Loss & Nutrition

New York study says menu labeling affects behavior (Reuters)

Reuters - New York's mandate that fast-food restaurants post calorie information on their menus has changed consumer habits, the city said on Monday, contradicting a

Orexigen obesity drug shows added benefits: studies (Reuters)

Reuters - Nearly half of patients who completed 56 weeks of treatment with Orexigen Therapeutics Inc's experimental obesity treatment, Contrave, lost at least 10 percent ...

Diabetes drug also helps weight loss for obese: study (AFP)

AFP - A hormone drug licensed for diabetes also helps obese people lose weight when used in combination with a low-fat diet and physical exercise, ...

Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb (AP)

AP - When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier. ...

Diabetes drug helps obese adults loss weight (Reuters)

Reuters - Obese adults may shed more weight with the diabetes drug liraglutide than with the weight-loss drug orlistat (Xenical, Alli), suggests a study in ...

Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients (HealthDay)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug liraglutide helps obese people without diabetes lose weight, researchers have found. ...

Ambulances start charging extra for obese patients (AP)

AP - The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds ...

Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- People who are super obese and those with the most chronic health problems face an increased risk ...

Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- People who are super obese and those with the most chronic health problems face an increased risk ...

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