An intensive, one-on-one weight loss program developed by the Veterans Affairs Department failed to attract many comers, and the few who did take part didn’t lose much weight, researchers report. It’s not clear why the program did not work, but it doesn’t bode well for efforts to help the two-thirds of Americans who are overweight [...]
Image credit: Getty Images Is there any summer activity manlier than slapping a thick steak on the grill and chowing down? According to a new study, nope. The report published in the Journal of Consumer Research found that people associate meat with masculinity, a fact that may make healthier, vegetable-heavy diets seem wimpy and unappealing. “To [...]
Dieting in pregnancy is effective, safe and potentially cost-effective and dominates physical activity-based intervention, according to a review of research published by the British Medical Journal. The researchers said that while their findings need to be repeated in larger studies, the results of their research suggest that interventions based on diet in pregnancy would reduce [...]
The diet’s signature staple: a tube that snakes up a person’s nose, delivering an 800-calorie-a-day, liquid-only diet of proteins and vitamins contained in a pouch that must be carried at all times, over a 10-day period. Nothing else can be ingested, except water, black coffee and unsweetened tea. The typical patient will lose 10 percent [...]
Learn the most important dos and don’ts of slimming and pile up on body. Are you lusting after a lean and perfectly-toned silhouette? It’s time to make a few dramatic changes in your eating regime with the following 6 smart weight loss tricks. Get rid of junk food and high-fat ingredients which ruin your figure [...]
A new study has shown that dieting during pregnancy can help you reduce dangerous complications. Although pregnant women have been warned for generations not to diet while pregnant, a new study in the British Medical Journal shows that eating a healthy diet that is guided by dieticians and other resources may actually help reduce some [...]
FORSYTH — Susie Conway may be MacArthur High School’s softball coach, but she used to find it challenging to put on socks. “I had to sit down and use my fingertips,” she recalled. Eleven months later and 51 pounds lighter, the 44-year-old Maroa woman not only can not put her socks on standing up, she [...]
Federal ministers are scoffing at the findings of a United Nations right-to-food envoy who blasted Canada for tolerating inequality and lack of access to nutritious diets among its poor and First Nation citizens. Olivier De Schutter, whose damning report is based on an 11-day visit to Canada, says the country’s rate of food insecurity is [...]
The always busy Kim Kardashian was out in London today (May 19) celebrating the launch of her weight loss management product QuickTrim at Westfield mall. The reality television star looked lovely in a white cuff-sleeved dress with black heels keeping her makeup simple and tweeting, “Morning London town.” She also made an appearance at St. [...]
“There’s a lot of weird stuff out there,” said Dr. Nabil El Sanadi, chief of emergency medicine for Broward Health. The fact that people are willing to try it — whether it’s a staple in the ear or a tube up the nose — underscores the seriousness of America’s long struggle with weight. After all, [...]
