Weight-loss Challenge Continues Today in USA TODAY and on USATODAY.com


MCLEAN, Va., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2006 USA TODAY Weight-Loss Challenge continues today highlighting dieter Jeff Rush, a 50 year-old elementary school physical education teacher from Greenwood, S.C. [more]





Number of Weight Loss Surgeries Increases 600 Percent


A recent study by the American Journal of Public Health indicates that the number of weight-loss surgeries performed in the U.S. between 1998 and 2002 increased by almost 600 percent. Data for the study was collected from hospital discharge records, citing the increased use and efficiency of laparoscopic surgical methods – which were introduced in 2001 – as the catalyst for the increase in patient numbers. [more]






Water weight loss


How did Mariah Carey get back her killer figure? By doing a variety of exercises in the pool and eating mini meals.

"Everyone said I was fat, so I did something about it," Carey told Life & Style. [more]






DNP International Expands Weight Loss and Antioxidant Product Line


WHITTIER, CA (June 19, 2006) – DNP International, a Whittier, Calif. based raw material distributor to the nutritional supplement industry, ads more weight loss and antioxidant herbal products to its line, additions needed as demands for weight loss and general health raw materials increase during the summer months. [more]





Nestle buys weight loss business


Food giant, Nestle, has bought the American weight-loss company Jenny Craig for around $US600 million.

The deal expands Nestle's high-margin nutrition and health business. [more]

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Professional Weight Loss Coach Provides Solutions Beyond Dieting


Folsom, CA (PRWEB) June 18, 2006 -- Losing weight isn’t just a matter of dieting. Weight loss coach Brooke Castillo supplies the facts and gives readers the tools to be a weight loss winner in If I Am So Smart, Why Can’t I Lose Weight? Tools To Get It Done. [more]



Time to check in again on the weight loss


Ok, so I've been avoiding it, sue me. Who wants to admit they've been less than successful? When this whole weight loss thing started a year-and-a-half ago with the losing it contest at the gym, I was so enthusiastic and somewhat successful, dropping right at 15 pounds, but 18 months later, here I sit--a considerable distance from svelte and actually fairly depressed about the whole exercise. No pun intended. [more]


Weight loss provides inspiration


Imagine carrying four 50-pound bags of dog food around with you every day. It's enough to break your back, if not your spirit. For Karen Durden, it's not a mental exercise. It's a memory. [more]




Soy-based shakes help lower weight, cholesterol


ISLAMABAD: For people trying to lose weight, new research suggests that soy-based liquid meal replacement shakes may be just as effective as intensive behavioral therapy and more effective than weight loss medications. [more]