Non Profit Organizations and for profit companies such as supermarket retailers and product manufacturers are becoming more involved in helping Americans fight their obesity battle. According to the World Health Organization 68 percent of American adults and over 30 percent of American children are considered overweight or obese. “Obesity not only affects health, but also [ Read More ]
Bariatric surgery, including sleeve gastrectomy, is becoming an increasingly popular approach to weight loss for people who are struggling with obesity. Nevertheless, people still harbor doubts about going under the knife, which makes a lot of sense to Dr. Michael Feiz, a prominent weight loss surgeon in Beverly Hills, CA. Dr. Feiz listens attentively to [ Read More ]
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association challenges the notion that “a calorie is a calorie.” The study, led by Cara Ebbeling, Ph.D., associate director and David Ludwig, MD, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children’s Hospital, finds diets that reduce the surge in blood sugar [ Read More ]
Older women with insufficient levels of Vitamin D gained more weight than those with sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health and published online in the Journal of Women’s Health. The study of more than 4,600 women ages 65 and older found that over nearly [ Read More ]
Gemoscan Canada welcomes a new study published in the Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy that points to food sensitivity as a key culprit in obesity. The study, led by John E. Lewis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Associate Director of the Medical Wellness Center at the University of Miami [ Read More ]
Brits in Denial About Their Weight Fate Overweight Brits are in denial about their weight and continue to eat an unhealthy diet despite health warnings about obesity, according to new research by weight loss aid alli*. One in five (20%) overweight people questioned in Britain said they have never tried to lose their excess weight [ Read More ]