Weight Loss

200-pound Ohio boy loses weight, goes back home to mother's care

2012-05-11 14:05:00

Ohio social workers sparked a national controversy last fall when they placed an 8-year-old boy weighing more than 200 pounds in foster care until he slimmed down. The boy was returned to his mother in March after losing weight, and on Thursday, the...

42% of American adults will be obese by 2030, study says

2012-05-08 01:10:00

The ranks of obese Americans are expected to swell even further in the coming years, rising from 36% of the adult population today to 42% by 2030, experts said Monday. Kicking off a government-led conference on the public health ramifications of all...

HBO's 'The Weight of the Nation' is a wake-up call for America

2012-05-09 06:00:00

Next week, the combined efforts of an entertainment giant, a health insurance titan, a group of academic heavyweights, a technology philanthropist and two federal agencies bring forth “The Weight of the Nation,” a four-hour, four-part HBO...

Weight-loss drug Lorcaserin: Definite maybe in 2nd run at FDA's OK

2012-05-10 16:43:00

The proposed weight-loss drug Lorcaserin, rebuffed in its bid for Food�and Drug Administration approval last October, on Thursday won a recommendation of approval from the agency's advisory committee, a major step toward winning the FDA's go-ahead to...

'The Biggest Loser' recap: The Jeremy-inator wins Season 13

2012-05-02 16:37:37

'The Biggest Loser': Jeremy fears gaining back all the weight

2012-05-02 16:37:35

Experts see hopeful signs on eating disorders

2012-04-17 02:29:00

April Dunlap was 17 and weighed 165 pounds when she began a diet and exercise regimen. After three months, the 5-foot-5 teen had lost the 20 pounds she had hoped to shed. But she kept going. "It was like a drug," she said. "I always wanted to lose a...

Reliance on BMI understates the true obesity crisis, experts say

2012-04-02 14:15:00

As if the nation’s weight problems were not daunting enough, a new study has found that the body-mass index, the 200-year-old formula used to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy weight, may be misclassifying roughly half of women and just over...

Weight loss study: Fads not as helpful as exercising, eating less

2012-04-10 13:52:00

Nearly two-thirds of Americans who are obese try to lose weight, and about 40% of them actually succeed. How did they do it? The old-school way: By eating less, exercising more and switching to more healthful foods, according to a new study. That’s...

'The Biggest Loser's' Kimmy Stone: Sacrificing self was 'no-brainer'

2012-03-22 16:37:33

Qnexa approval may pave way for another obesity drug

2012-02-23 11:25:00

An FDA advisory committee’s endorsement of the anti-obesity drug Qnexa Wednesday could re-energized the pharmaceutical industry after several years of disappointment in trying to develop anti-obesity drugs. The committee voted 20 to 2 to recommend...

Drug may be near for cancer's companion condition cachexia

2012-02-27 00:00:00

Bonnie Addario didn't even know there was a word for what was happening to her. As if lung cancer weren't bad enough, the 54-year-old had lost 30 pounds off her normally 130-pound frame. Her life was limited to her husband's Barcalounger, where she had to...

From left, �Lose Weight, Feel Great� challenge Winner Melissa Gottier, Lori Shield of Gifts of Love, Snap Fitness Trainer Jessica Bergen and Snap Fitness owner Josh Livingston are pictured with the $518 check at the �Donate The Weight� party.

2012-05-14 06:15:00

is Ozzy's wife Sharon, 57, who has admitted in interviews to spending $474,000 on plastic surgery for herself.

2010-05-26 14:09:13