NEW YORK - Joey Fatone is the ‘’fat one’’ no more.
Two weeks before committing to ‘’Dancing With the Stars,’’ Fatone joined NutriSystem, a weight-loss program that delivers meals to a customer’s door.
That and a rigorous five-hour, six-day-a-week dance schedule helped him shed 23 pounds in two months, […]
NEW YORK — You won’t lose weight in your sleep or shed pounds while eating anything you want — that’s the sobering message from the maker of a weight loss pill poised to hit shelves next month.
GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday opened an educational exhibit in New York City to prepare the country for alli, the first […]
European regulators have cleared the way for GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L: Quote, Profile , Research) to sell an over-the-counter version of Xenical, Roche Holding AG’s (ROG.VX: Quote, Profile , Research) prescription-only medicine for obesity.
The European Medicines Agency said on Friday its experts had recommended granting marketing authorization for Glaxo’s version of orlistat — the active ingredient […]
The researchers also found a low-glycemic load diet to have beneficial effects on HDL cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations.
The study published in the May 16 issue of JAMA.
“With prevalence approaching one-third of the population, obesity is among the most important medical problems in the United States and identification of effective dietary treatment has become a major […]
A new study finds that one’s insulin level could be the key factor to their weight loss effort.
According to researchers, people whose body’s produce a lot of insulin, are more apt to shed weight if they consume a diet rich with kidney beans, peanuts and other types of foods that raise their blood sugar over […]
Two national dairy advertising campaigns overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will stop claiming that dairy products cause weight loss because such claims are not supported by existing scientific research, the Federal Trade Commission has announced in a letter to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
The decision, which comes in response to an FTC […]
FOR decades, the beauty industry was described as — or accused of — selling “hope in a jar.” Now, a marketing blitz with a budget estimated at more than $150 million in the first year will try to persuade dieters to seek hope in a pill bottle despite widespread skepticism about the grandiose promises of […]
Barbara Rolls, a Penn State nutrition professor, calls her approach to weight loss a simple strategy.
Consumer Reports calls it one of the best.
In thorough reviews of at least 15 popular diet books, the nonprofit magazine has given the top ranking to Rolls’ most recent work, “The Volumetrics Eating Plan.”
“Recent clinical trials show best overall weight […]