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Chris Christie's weight-loss surgery: How does it work?
An estimated 220,000 Americans undergo some type of bariatric surgery each year, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has revealed that he is one of them. The high-profile Republican – who hasn’t revealed his weight but is estimated to tip the...
Tags: Chris Christie, Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Heart Disease, Obesity
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Tandem diet-exercise step-up better than one at a time, study says
Think of the adage that if you want something done, get the busy person to do it. People who change their diet and start exercising at the same time – as opposed to doing them one at a time – were more successful, researchers at Stanford...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, High Blood Pressure, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Science and Technology
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Chaz Bono drops 60 pounds in five months off 5-foot-5½ frame
Chaz Bono is down 60 pounds in five months, and credits the weight loss to changing the way he eats. The "Dancing With the Stars" alum, who says he's "still slowly losing" and hopes to bring his total weight loss to 80 pounds off a high of 250, spoke...
Tags: Dancing With the Stars (tv program), Social Media, Weight
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Bacteria may provide some of gastric bypass surgery's boost
In the latest of a slew of studies examining the role of the so-called microbiome -- the mix of microscopic critters that colonize our bodies and our environment -- in human health, Harvard researchers said Wednesday that part of the reason that Roux-en-Y...
Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Science and Technology, Obesity, Overweight
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Cash for pounds makes cents in greenback diet
What's a pound of flesh worth? Dieters at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota apparently think it's worth at least five bucks. A yearlong study of incentives in dieting found that the majority of 100 obese participants met a goal of losing four pounds per...
Tags: Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Health and Medical Professionals, Internists, Health Treatments
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Workplaces can be good weight-loss sites, researchers say
Weight-loss programs at work can help people shave pounds and keep them off, researchers said in a new report. Among the people who signed up for a six-month program at two Boston-area workplaces, the average weight loss was more than 17 pounds; among...
Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, High Blood Pressure, Science and Technology, Obesity, Overweight
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5 Questions: Diet advice that goes against the grain
You've heard about the "Wheat Belly" diet, right? Well, technically, it doesn't exist. Dr. William Davis points out that the word "diet" does not appear on either the cover of his bestselling "Wheat Belly" book published in 2011 or on the follow-up,...
Tags: Agriculture, Soups, Cheddar Cheese, High Blood Pressure, Tomatoes
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Diet myth-busters: Experts burst some bubbles about losing weight
Attention dieters: Many of the “facts” you think you know about obesity and weight loss are wrong. So says a report published in Thursday’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. An international team of dietitians, doctors...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Arts and Culture, Health Organizations, Body Mass Index, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Fat acceptance group condemns adding kids to 'Biggest Loser'
This post has been updated, as indicated below.The National Assn. to Advance Fat Acceptance calls it "appalling" that the new season of "The Biggest Loser" will include young teenagers. Season 14 of NBC's reality weight-loss competition begins Sunday night and will include three teenagers -- two 13-...Tags: Religion and Belief, 1600 Penn (tv program), Anthony Edwards, The Biggest Loser (tv program), Overweight
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New year, new diet. Or maybe same old diet. What works?
If only our collective memories worked a little better, we might recall that facing the new year with a little extra weight is what we did a year ago. And the year before that. Were those extra helpings of whatever it was – can you even remember?...
Tags: Medifast Incorporated, The Pennsylvania State University, Consumers, Mediterranean Diet, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Letters: Obesity and the diabetes epidemic
Re "Diabetes a stubborn foe," Jan. 6 Though the article successfully portrayed indifferent diabetics, it neglected to mention the uncommon diabetics who work out and eat right. I am an 18-year-old diabetic, and while I can attest that diabetes is a...Tags: Diabetes, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Diseases and Illnesses, Obesity, Weight Loss Surgery
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5 Questions: Brent Smith of Shinedown cleans up and slims down
The band Shinedown has been around for more than a decade, selling more than 10 million albums worldwide. In 2012 they launched their fourth album, "Amaryllis," which made its debut at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. But the last year has been more than...
Tags: OxyContin (drug), Brent Smith, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Alcohol Addiction, Weight
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