Weight Loss

CW eyeing dance, weight-loss competition series (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The CW is developing two competition series using popular unscripted subject matter: dancing and weight loss.
programs for weight loss (Northwest Herald)
WOODSTOCK – Free information sessions about the Centegra Health System weight-loss surgery program are scheduled for Saturday; March 24; and March 27, at three locations.
Feds raid office of doctor suspected in illicit weight-loss treatment (seattlepi.com)
Federal investigators have seized drugs and patient files from the office of a Port Angeles doctor accused of marketing and selling unproven imported weight-loss drugs.
Vikings player Pat Williams says he didn't know banned substance was in weight-loss supplement (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Vikings lineman Pat Williams is telling a judge he didn't know an over-the-counter weight-loss supplement contained a banned substance that got him in trouble with the NFL.
Weight-Loss Program information session (The Record and Herald News)
Changebridge Medical Associates is offering a new medically supervised weight-loss program focusing on realistic, long-term weight loss. HNT Program for Health and Weight Management is a 20-week program for people who are ready to make lifelong changes to how they eat and exercise.
Art Smith Shares His Weight Loss Secrets In Sun-Times (Chicagoist)
Art Smith's been getting a lot of press about the 90 pounds of weight he shed in recent weeks. Smith shares his weight loss secrets in today's Sun-Times and, wouldn't you know, it all came down to eating right and exercising. Well, it's a little more than that, but it is the root of his weight loss. Smith, who said in the article that he had a habit of coming home from work and eating "eating ...
Hundreds of pounds disappear in Tupelo weight-loss challenge (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
TUPELO - Shouts of joy and good-natured groans sounded Tuesday at City Hall as hundreds of weight-loss participants stepped on the scale. It marked the last day of a two-month weight-loss challenge called Trim Down, Tone Up Tupelo in which more than 150 teams participated.
Recession Not Standing in the Way of Weight-Loss and Smoking-Cessation Coach (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Mark Patrick Media, a leader in weight-loss and smoking-cessation programs, has submitted an application to “Inc. 500” for inclusion in its annual 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America list. The company’s record-setting growth rate of over 436 percent in the past four years outpaces the U.S.’s GDP growth over the same time period by a 4,600 percent margin.
18% tax on soda equals 5 pounds weight loss, study finds (KING5 Seattle)
More specifically when it came to soda, researchers reportedly found that a $1 increase in the price of soda resulted in an intake of 124 fewer calories per day. As a result, there was weight loss.
Study: Taxing Soda & Pizza Generates Weight Loss (CBS4 Miami)
Across America, especially in the so-called "Blubber Belt," the battle of the bulge continues despite diets and other weight loss solutions. But, a new study from the Archives on Internal Medicine found there's an easier way to help people lose weight; hit them in the pocket book.