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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Google.JPG"/>Five follow-up visits help gastric bypass patients achieve optimal weight loss - News-Medical.net

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 12:05 AM PST


Five follow-up visits help gastric bypass patients achieve optimal weight loss
News-Medical.net
The global epidemic of overweight and obese people is estimated to include 1.7 billion individuals, with two-thirds of those living in the U.S. Measurement of body mass index (BMI), a calculation of height and weight, classifies obesity. Patients with ...
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<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>Exercise may raise life expectancy

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 08:34 PM PST

Regular moderate exercise can raise life expectancy even among people who are overweight, a study says.

<img border="0" src="http://shivnath.c.googlepages.com/Yahoo.jpg"/>U.S. elderly, middle-aged see higher obesity rates: poll

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:29 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here's one more reason to dread aging: older Americans are seeing a greater increase in obesity rates, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Data from nearly 600,000 U.S. adults showed that people aged 18 and older were more likely to be obese than they were in 2008, according to the Gallup survey. Researchers noted a significant jump among adults in their 40s, 70s ...

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