Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News |
- Gastric Bypass or Lap Band Surgery? (ContributorNetwork)
- Childhood Obesity Is Destruction From Within (ContributorNetwork)
- Ex-convict sisters too overweight to share kidney (AP)
- Home temperature, sleep loss tied to obesity (Reuters)
| Gastric Bypass or Lap Band Surgery? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:00 PM PST ContributorNetwork - If you're one of the millions of overweight Americans and has been considering weight-loss surgery, the results of a new study comparing the safety and effectiveness of gastric bypass surgery and lap-band surgery may interest you. The study, titled "Better Weight Loss, Resolution of Diabetes, and Quality of Life for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass vs. Banding," written by Guilherme M. Campos, M.D., et al. appeared in the February publication "Archives of Surgery." |
| Childhood Obesity Is Destruction From Within (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:47 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | One of the most serious threats to the welfare and well-being of American youth may not be a terrorist attack, for example. Rather, it's succumbing to the effects of astutely targeted food advertisement, fast food restaurants marketers, and the video game industry. How so? All of the aforementioned contribute to the ongoing epidemic of childhood obesity. Let's examine some of the facts related to the growing numbers of overweight and obese children. |
| Ex-convict sisters too overweight to share kidney (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:40 PM PST
|
| Home temperature, sleep loss tied to obesity (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST Reuters - Could we all help rein in the obesity epidemic by turning down our thermostats this winter? Maybe or maybe not -- but a new study suggests that environmental factors ranging from diet, to sleep to home temperature are related to the risk of becoming obese. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment