Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

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• Weighing Weight-Loss Programs (HealthDay)
• Commercial diet schemes better than doctors' help (Reuters)
• More evidence obesity tied to colon cancer: study (Reuters)
• More evidence obesity tied to colon cancer (Reuters)
• Obesity, inactivity tied to common colon disease (Reuters)

Weighing Weight-Loss Programs (HealthDay) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A new British study finds that commercial weight-loss programs are more effective and less costly than primary care-based programs led by specially trained staff.

Commercial diet schemes better than doctors' help (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 08:07 AM PDT Reuters - Commercial weight-loss programmes such as Weight Watchers and Slimming World are more effective and cheaper than family doctor-based services led by specially trained staff, according to the findings of a study published on Friday.

More evidence obesity tied to colon cancer: study (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:06 PM PDT Reuters - Older adults who are heavy, especially around the middle, seem to have a higher risk of developing colon cancer than their thinner peers -- and exercise may lower the incidence of the disease, especially for women, a European study said.

More evidence obesity tied to colon cancer (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:24 PM PDT Reuters - Older adults who are heavy, especially around the middle, seem to have a higher risk of developing colon cancer than their thinner peers, a new study finds.

Obesity, inactivity tied to common colon disease (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:19 PM PDT Reuters - Women who don't exercise or who are overweight are slightly more likely to be hospitalized for a common disorder of the large intestine called diverticular disease.

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