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Saturday, May 26, 2012

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Exercise Saves Lean Body Mass After Gastric Bypass - MedPage Today

Posted: 26 May 2012 03:39 PM PDT


Exercise Saves Lean Body Mass After Gastric Bypass
MedPage Today
Patients undergoing bariatric gastric bypass had greater loss of lean body mass and greater decrease in basal metabolic rate at 1 year after the procedure than those who had gastric banding. Note that weight loss was greater in the gastric bypass group ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Phentermine or Qnexa: Reasonable Options for Weight Loss? - Forbes

Posted: 26 May 2012 02:08 PM PDT


Phentermine or Qnexa: Reasonable Options for Weight Loss?
Forbes
Using body mass index (BMI) which uses weight and height to define obesity (BMI >30 is considered obese; 25-29.9 as overweight) or a waist -to- hip ratio (WHR) >.8 in women, or 0.9 to 1.0 in men, the majority of people who want to use phentermine may ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Study Indicates Obesity Not Always Tied to Higher Heart Risk - Daily Disruption

Posted: 26 May 2012 07:56 AM PDT


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Study Indicates Obesity Not Always Tied to Higher Heart Risk
Daily Disruption
"We encourage obese people to lose weight for their health, but (some) provision should be made in how we screen people for metabolic risk," Hamer told Reuters Health. An adult who has a body mass index — a height-to-weight ratio — of 30 or higher is ...
College Students' Weighty Choices Bring Obesity to Forefront Patch.com

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>New Wellness Team Approach Improves Diabetes Outcomes while Lowering ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Posted: 26 May 2012 05:51 AM PDT


New Wellness Team Approach Improves Diabetes Outcomes while Lowering ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Participants also decreased their body mass index (BMI) by 3.07 and hemoglobin A1c (HgA1c) by 0.7 percent. HgA1c was reduced by an average of 1.3 percent for patients with a baseline HgA1c of 8 percent or more. "These results demonstrate that ...

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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>'Biggest Loser' results: Better than weight-loss surgery? - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 25 May 2012 07:44 PM PDT


'Biggest Loser' results: Better than weight-loss surgery?
Los Angeles Times
The formula for weight loss a la "Biggest Loser": a daily regimen of one hour of intense resistance exercise, one hour of intense aerobic exercise and two hours of moderate aerobic activity, and calorie intake that ranges from 1600 to 2000 calories for ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Government: Related News

Posted: 24 May 2012 12:10 AM PDT

5/24/2012 - Associations Lobby Highway Bill Conferees to Address Trucking's Needs Leaders of American Trucking Associations asked members of the conference committee currently negotiating on the highway bill to address several critical issues for the trucking industry -- one of them calling for electronic onboard recorders, which the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and a coalition ...

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Being pear-shaped like Kate Winslet 'better for women than apple-shaped'

Posted: 12 May 2012 07:03 AM PDT

London, May 12 : Women with pear-shaped figures like Kate Winslet are healthier than their apple-shaped counterparts, a new study has revealed.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>The Emmy® Award-Winning "The Dr. Oz Show" Reveals The Top Ten Finalists For Dr. Oz's Transformation Nation: Million ...

Posted: 07 May 2012 06:00 AM PDT

NEW YORK, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Emmy® Award-winning, critically acclaimed and nationally syndicated "The Dr. Oz Show" today proudly announced the top ten finalists to earn a spot in ...

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