Saturday, October 8, 2011

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


Study finds some Americans slimming but most overweight (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:15 PM PDT

Subway commuters walk through the turnstiles while leaving the U.S. Open in New York September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/FilesReuters - Some Americans are losing weight resulting in more people of "normal weight," according to a new study, but it is not clear if the trend will last.


U.S. obesity rate declines slightly, study finds (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:20 PM PDT

Fairgoers play a carnival game at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar, California, June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Mike BlakeReuters - The percentage of Americans of "normal weight" has slightly increased in the past year, but overweight and obese people still command a solid majority, according to a new study.


Report questions weight-loss approach (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Researchers this week said there's not much evidence to support a common theory behind weight-loss programs known as the "stages of change" model.

EU regulator to review anti-obesity medicines (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Reuters - The European Medicines Agency said it would look into anti-obesity medicines that contain orlistat, including Roche's Xenical and GlaxoSmithKline's Alli.

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