10 tips for preventing weight gain over the holidays bi13671141 (Medical Xpress) -- Many websites and magazine articles offer ideas about how to lose weight the holidays, but Connie Diekman, director of university nutrition at Washington University St. Louis, says that people need to realize that weight loss during time generally isn?t realistic. Diekman the past president of the American Dietetic Association

China's obese teens seek help bi13671141 BEIJING, December 8, 2011 (AFP) - Chinese teenager Zhu Lindai used to weigh 152 kilogrammes (335 pounds). But signing up to a centre Beijing dedicated to helping obese adolescents lose weight she has shed nearly 50 kilos

Teens taught to take charge of health bi13671141 Geoffrey Serafini,16, had suffered from severe asthma entire life, had never been interested sport, was bullied at school because he was weight and shied away from peers, preferring to be left alone

Bariatric surgery can give teens new life bi13671141 INDIANAPOLIS -- Tipping the scales at more than 400 pounds, Keenan Henderson knew he was weight. But the teen thought bariatric surgery was too drastic a step for someone age

Few parents recall doctor saying child overweight bi13671141 Pediatricians are supposed to track youngsters are putting on too many pounds - but a new study found less than a quarter of parents of weight children recall the doctor ever saying there was a problem

Child weight warnings not heeded bi13671141 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pediatricians are supposed to track youngsters are putting on too many pounds -- but a new study found less than a quarter of parents of weight children recall the doctor ever saying there was a problem

No criminal charges crash that killed four Manheim teens bi13671141 No criminal charges be brought connection the crash that killed four Manheim teenagers earlier year, the Lebanon County district attorney announced Monday. Prosecutors had been investigating the Jan. 16 crash, happened when the teens were driving at a high rate of speed ..

Iranian teens fight for the right to party bi13671141 REBELS a cause: French actress Sarah Kazemy, left, and Vancouver's Nikohl Boosheri shine film debuts as two Tehran teens (Shireen and Atafeh) suffocating under the weight of a paternalistic, oppressive society

Too few parents recall doctor saying child overweight, a key to changing habits bi13671141 WASHINGTON - Pediatricians are supposed to track youngsters are putting on too many pounds ? but a new study found less than a quarter of parents of weight children recall the doctor ever saying there was a problem

More people choose diet over exercise to lose weight bi13671141 When comes to losing weight, there's no easy way. As our Katie Gibas reports, more and more people are trying to lose weight, but many look to diet exercise

FDA takes aim at "unproven" HCG weight-loss brands bi13671141 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators have taken first steps to remove from the market -the-counter products containing HCG hormone, saying the homeopathic formulations fraudulently claim to produce weight loss and may pose serious health risks. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission issued seven warning letters on Tuesday to companies that sell the -the-counter ..

U.S. cracks down on homeopathic weight loss remedy bi13671141 The U.S. gnment cracking down on companies that sell popular -the-counter weight-loss products containing the hormone HCG

Real-world holiday weight-control advice bi13671141 It?s here. That year-end onslaught of cookies, candy, cakes and calories. Who better to offer weight-control advice, I thought, than people who have lost a lot of weight and kept off? I spoke three Washington area residents: Herbert Walker, 49, of Frederick has lost more than 51 pounds. Dawn Williams, 44, of Lexington Park has lost 205 pounds. And Sam Hardman, 32, of Fairfax has lost 85 ..

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