All Entries in the "WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS" Category
Meal Replacements Helpful For Weight Loss, Study Finds
A recent UK study suggests that medically supervised meal replacements can be your best friend in your pursuit to lose weight.
The study appears in the issue of Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Health Management Resource Corporation, a national health care company specialized in weight loss and weight management produces meal replacements for successful weight loss.
The [...]
Brain Stimulation May Help In Weight Loss
Implanting electrodes in brain to lose weight is now the latest approach to tackle obesity and weight loss.
With health experts warning on obesity complications, many medical research centers and drug companies are working on fresh and better methods to deal with weight gain and obesity.
With the development of effective diet pills such as Alli, freshly [...]
Study Finds Surgery For Weight-Loss Safer Than Thought
A new study suggests that the complication risks for those considering bariatric surgery to fight obesity may be much lower than what has been previously reported.
The study found that the risk of death for gastric bypass surgery and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (lap-band surgery) was 0.3 percent and the risk of a major adverse outcome [...]
Depressed Patients Benefit From Weight Loss Program
Recent reports presented at the annual meeting of Society for the Study of Ingested Behavior found that after 6 months behavioral weight loss program, depressed patients lost 8% of their initial weight and also reported significant improvements in depression symptoms.
The results of the study mainly highlight the need for further research [...]
Crash Diets Are Bound To Crash In The End
The term “crash diet” is one that should raise warning flags, as it is only too accurate.
A crash is not usually a good thing – the word implies destruction, and that’s what you are inviting when you try to lose a lot of weight in a hurry.
Any rapid weight loss, i.e. more [...]
Weight Loss Takes Time There Is No Quick Fix
Although all diet books and plans assure you that losing weight is easy, it is not, in fact it is really hard to keep motivated and reach your ideal body weight.
A weight loss program often means changing habits that you’ve built up over a lifetime and starting to exercise, which you quite [...]
Nutrisystem For Weight Loss – How Effective Is It?
NutriSystem is one of the numerous weight loss plans out there that incorporate ready-made meals in their system.
You will read many comments on the pros and cons of having all your meals prepared for you, in the freezer, so all you have to do is defrost and eat.
These diet plans claim [...]
Weight Loss Surgery – Is It The Right Option For Me?
Weight loss surgery is a big step; it is really important to gather as much information as you can before you decide to take that step.
There are several surgical procedures used as a weight loss option, so look into each one.
It is important to be well-informed to be better able to [...]
After Successful Dieting You May Need Cosmetic Surgery
The down side of losing a lot of weight quite quickly is that people can be left with a large amount of excess saggy skin which can overshadow the achievement of getting to a target weight.
Even with regular exercise this can often be a problem but if for example a person has [...]
Bariatric Surgery – The Last Resort For Obese People
If all else fails seriously overweight people can resort to bariatric surgery to assist them in losing weight.
For those that are severely obese it can be a matter of life or death.
In a recent study published in The Cochrane Library, it is clear that taking the route of surgical intervention is more [...]