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New sleeve gastrectomy procedure offers new option for weight loss patients

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:51:53 -0700

Every Wednesday, Debra Slocum is up to her elbows in pounds of potatoes and mounds of chicken -- but for the first time in the busy grandmother’s life, her only interest is in serving them up for the patrons at her Lapeer church’s weekly soup kitchen. "For the first time in ...

Ruling Could Spur Hiring Bias Against Obese Workers

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:48:55 -0700

An Indiana state court’s ruling that would require a small business to pay for weight-loss surgery could make employers more cautious when hiring obese people, employment attorneys say.

The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a workers’ compensation board ruling in August that pizza chain Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza would be required ...

New procedure could make fat melt

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:45:53 -0700

Rebecca Blaha wants to get rid of the extra fat on her belly.

"I can't get rid of it through diet and exercise," she said.

So she's about to try something new. It's called Zeltiq. A procedure that uses special cooling technology to get rid of unwanted fat without surgery. ...

Gastric band surgery left these sisters 22st lighter

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:41:08 -0700

Their hair's falling out, they can't keep their food down and they catch every bug going. Gastric bypass ops transformed these siblings' looks, but it's been far from easy.

Dropping her eight-year-old son off at school used to be a pretty lonely experience for Pauline Johnson.
While the other ...

World's heaviest man may need airlift

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:37:42 -0700

Doctors fighting to save the life of the world's heaviest man are considering calling in an RAF Chinook to move him 150 miles to a specialist centre that will treat him.

Paul Mason, who weighs 70 stone, needs the help of weight-loss doctors and possible surgery to lose tens of stones.

But ...

We must address our love affair with food

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:02:07 -0700

October, the month when Americans officially celebrate their love affair with candy, marks the start of our end of the year, three month holiday from sensible eating that leaves so many women and girls feeling fat and frustrated on the bleak, morning after known as New Year's Day. Unfortunately, females ...

Exercise? A fat lot of good that is for weight loss

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:59:15 -0700

In 1932, Russell Wilder, one of the leading obesity experts, lectured the American College of Physicians, saying that his patients lost more weight on bed rest than an exercise regime.

Saving lives through weight-loss surgery

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:53:05 -0700

At 24 years old, Jaime Kendall never knew what it was like to ride a roller coaster.
At 5 feet 4 inches and weighing 400 pounds, the Dalton, Ga., resident was too large for the seats. She couldn't watch movies, fly on a plane or fit into traditional school desks because ...

Former 'fattie' wins battle of bulge

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:51:00 -0700

Daily lunches of a cream doughnut, a chocolate eclair, a packet of chips, two rolls, ice-cream and a bar of chocolate led to Durban youngster Yusuf Rawat tipping the scales at 215kg.

386-pound Fremont lawyer's path to better lifestyle leads him to Grand Rapids Marathon

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:48:08 -0700

On Dec. 21, 2007, Fremont lawyer Bob Springstead reluctantly stepped on the scales and saw it register 386 pounds.

"That’s when I told myself ‘enough was enough,’ and I had consultation to have bariatric surgery," Springstead said.