Weight Loss

Losing Weight: The pills don’t work, but still the drug companies push them

Can you lose weight just by popping a slimming pill? Needless to say, the drug companies think so, and they’re in the process of making the best-selling orlistat drug available for everyone without a... more »

Weight-loss Surgery: Nearly 3 per cent died afterwards

Nearly a third of obese people who die following weight-loss surgery do so by their own hand. Overall, nearly 3 per cent of patients who have the surgery die, usually within 30 days following surgery... more »

Appetite Suppressants: They cause heart failure, doctors discover

Anti-obesity drugs and appetite suppressants are causing heart attacks, doctors have discovered. All the patients had been healthy, with no history of heart problems, and one was as young as 25 years. more »

Overweight: It’s not your fault, experts say

If you’re overweight or obese, it’s not your fault, UK health officials have declared. Obesity is now “an inevitable consequence” of the way we live our lives, with labour-saving devices, transport an... more »

GI diet: It’s the best if you want to lose weight

It’s been said a few times, and now even the prestigious Cochrane Review agrees: the best way to lose weight is by adopting a low-glycemic index diet (or low-GI diet). more »

Obesity: Believe it or not, it’s catching

Obesity may be catching. Close friends, neighbours and family members of an obese person are much more likely to put on the weight themselves, researchers have discovered. more »

Wonder slimming drug: It increases suicide risk

If you want to lose weight, don’t take the ‘wonder’ slimming drug Acomplia (rimonabant). Although it sailed through the approval process in Europe, and has been used in the UK for a year, American in... more »

Anti-Obesity Drugs: Sales rocket, but they may not be safe, and they don’t work too well

Anti-obesity drugs are the new kids on the block – and they’re already doing great business. They’ve been approved for use only since 1997 in the USA, and a year later in Europe, yet they are already... more »

Weight Loss: Calories don’t count, good food does

The only way to lose weight, according to the prevailing calorie theory, is by exercising more or eating less because weight loss only happens when you burn more energy than you eat. more »

BMI: The great red herring for heart health

Body mass index (BMI) is a clumsy and imprecise measure of obesity. It’s arrived at through a complicated computation, which involves dividing your weight by your height, and the result is a number. more »

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