Weight Loss

Chris Christie's weight-loss surgery: How does it work?

2013-05-07 13:25:00

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...

Tandem diet-exercise step-up better than one at a time, study says

2013-04-22 15:15:00

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...

Chaz Bono drops 60 pounds in five months off 5-foot-5½ frame

2013-04-23 10:59:00

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...

Bacteria may provide some of gastric bypass surgery's boost

2013-03-27 13:15:00

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...

Cash for pounds makes cents in greenback diet

2013-03-07 13:30:00

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...

Workplaces can be good weight-loss sites, researchers say

2013-03-27 12:37:00

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...

5 Questions: Diet advice that goes against the grain

2013-02-02 00:00:00

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,...

Diet myth-busters: Experts burst some bubbles about losing weight

2013-01-30 14:53:00

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...

Fat acceptance group condemns adding kids to 'Biggest Loser'

2013-01-05 12:57:00

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-...

5 Questions: Brent Smith of Shinedown cleans up and slims down

2013-01-12 00:00:00

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...

New year, new diet. Or maybe same old diet. What works?

2013-01-02 13:36:00

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?...

Weight loss planned for 2013? Some surveys and predictions

2013-01-03 10:59:00

So here many of us are, pledging as we have before to drop some pounds, get into shape and just generally eat better.� Maybe this year!� How are we going to go about it -- and keep the weight off over the long haul? Surprise: Our choices may not...

Experts agree that MyFitnessPal is comprehensive and easy to use. "It covers cardio, strength training and food," says Margreta Rempert, association director of personal training at the Y of Central Maryland. "It's helpful for folks trying to hit that weight loss goal.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Adina Fradkin says Lose It! is a one-stop shop for people trying to lose weight. "It does it all, letting you track food intake, exercises completed and progress toward weight loss goals.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

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2010-05-26 14:09:13