Weight Loss News May 16th, 2008 |
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 May 16, 2008 |
COLIN FARRELL - FARRELL: ‘WEIGHT LOSS IS HEALTHY
Actor COLIN FARRELL has sparked fears for his health after he appeared at a press conference looking alarmingly gaunt - but he insists he’s merely shedding weight for a film role.
Farrell, 31, shocked reporters when he showed up to promote his upcoming movie Triage - in which he plays a war reporter in 1990s Bosnia - during a trip to Spain.
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Obesity and global warming, Atkins and weight loss, the gecko and the egg
Heavy people strain the environment
Obesity is a global responsibility that is contributing to global warming, according to Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Writing in the medical journal the Lancet, they said heavy people use more fuel and food, contribute to rising prices and will speed warming. They estimate that an obese person needs 18 percent more calories than a person of normal weight to maintain their weight and perform daily activities, and they use more fuel since thin people are more likely to walk. But some say the idea that obese people contribute to global warming isn’t sound because a lot of food overproduction is related to waste…
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Baptist Hospital East offering weight-loss surgery
Baptist Hospital East has now added gastric banding surgery to its list of services.
The surgery is performed by making a series of small incisions in the abdomen, which allows the gastric banding system to be placed around the top of the stomach. This creates a smaller stomach pouch, resulting in the ability to control hunger and “achieve a feeling of fullness,” according to a news release.
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Mom Develops Online Weight-Loss Plan
DENVER — If you’re a mother, you know what it’s like to put everyone else before you. Your kids, your husband, maybe even your pets, then you. For Christina Schneider, loving her kids was easy, but finding time to love herself challenge.
“I just had two kids. It was time to try to get somewhat back into shape,” said Schneider.
Schneider decided to try an online program, designed just for her. IncentaHealth came up with the idea to help companies trying to shape up their working staff. Working with Physicians’ Fitness Coach and New West Physicians, IncentaHealth wanted to provide the tools for participants to lose weight and keep it off.
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