Weight Loss - Page 84

4 ways to outsmart fat traps

You know to ignore the supersize bags of chips and other blatant tactics that fatten the food industry's coffers, along with your waistline. That's the good news.

FDA approves Orexigen's weight-loss drug

A new diet pill Contrave got approval to be sold in the United States on Wednesday, only the third obesity treatment in more than a decade to win approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

Healthy slimming tips for brides before the big day

You’ve planned the perfect wedding and now you want to shed some pounds.  Here are some tips for healthy slimming that will help you look and feel your best come the big day:

Weight-loss surgery tied to pregnancy benefits, risks

Weight loss surgery may reduce some of the pregnancy risks associated with obesity, but it could also put women and their infants at greater risk for other problems, according to a new study in Sweden.

Michigan couple marries after losing 380 pounds

A Detroit-area couple who met in a support group for weight loss surgery patients has gotten married after losing a collective 380 pounds.

7 ways to cut major calories from those delicious chain burritos

Chipotle has officially reached cult status. People are getting famous for eating it every day.

'Fat shaming' may actually lead to weight gain

Harassing obese people, a practice known as "fat shaming," does not encourage them to lose weight and can actually result in weight gain, a new study from the United Kingdom suggests.

6 reasons to nix daily weigh-ins

If you are watching your weight, daily weigh-ins on the bathroom scale may do more harm than good. 

Stability tools keep bodyweight fitness craze off balance

New balance devices that improve stability have made shifting the new lifting of resistance training, fitness experts say, adding the challenge of instability to back-to-basic workouts.

Working the night shift linked to weight gain, study finds

Night shift workers may expend less energy and be more prone to weight gain than people who have normal work schedules, reveals a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.