As you move through your weight loss program, there’s a good chance that you will find yourself at a sticking point, where it just seems that no matter what you do, you just cannot lose any more weight. Typically, this happens when you’re battling with those last 5 or 10 pounds; in some cases, you [...]

Experts consider possible causes after study finds high fracture rate…
When diet and exercise attempts haven’t worked, increasing numbers of overweight people have turned to bariatric, or weight-loss, surgery to shed pounds.
But research reported in 2009 pointed to an unintended result: One of every fi…

Death risk only 0.3 percent, chances of serious complications 4.3 percent…
For those considering bariatric surgery to combat significant obesity, a new study suggests the risk of complications may be much lower than what has previously been reported.
The study, which looked at both gastric bypass surgery and…

The prevalence of obesity among American men has doubled in only 25 years, and it’s killing us. A 2004 survey published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 71% of men 20 years old and over were overweight and 31% were obese. The same survey conducted in the late 1970s had found [...]

Being obese in a weight-obsessive society can leave you feeling invisible. What’s worse is when the one ignoring you is your doctor, but that’s just what is happening inside clinics and hospitals every day.
Newly released research in the May issue of The Journal of Internal General Medicine reveals that pati…