In this ABC news report celebrities lose weight through endorsement deals and reinvent their public persona and bank balance at the same time. Celebrities such as Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Simpson, Kirsty Alley, Valerie Burtonelli, Janet Jackson, Dan Marino, Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), Charles Berkley and others are reportedly making on average $33,000 dollars per pound lost! […]
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Weight Loss Surgery for Children Saves Lives Part 4
Please read Weight Loss Surgery for Children Saves Lives, Weight Loss Surgery for Children Saves Lives Part and Weight Loss Surgery for Children Saves Lives Part 3 for the beginning of this story. “It was really hard at first and it’s not a quick fix,” says Jayne. “Your brain is telling you can have food, […]
Weight Loss Surgery for Children Saves Lives Part 3
‘Exceptional circumstances’ Please read Weight Loss Surgery for Children Saves Lives and Weight Loss Surgery for Children Saves Lives Part 2 for the beginning of this story. This type of surgery has been performed in children for some time in the US and Australia, but only recently has it taken place in the UK. The […]
Weight Loss Surgery for Children Saves Lives Part 2
Please read Weight Loss Surgery for Children Saves Lives for part one of this story. Jayne was continuously bullied and made fun of at school and felt ostracized by the wider society. She was too self-conscious to leave the house alone and used to hide under huge, loose fitting clothes. Jayne tried to diet for […]
Weight Loss Surgery for Children Saves Lives
Weight loss surgery is often a last resort that helps patients lose a large amount of weight when all other options have failed. For children who are morbidly obese, weight-loss surgery is not an easy option. According to Mr. Ashish Desai, a pediatric surgeon from King’s College Hospital in London who specializes in weight loss […]
Rob Ryan Copies Brother Rex in Having Lap-Band Surgery
Rob Ryan manages the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive line, yet this offseason he’s working on his own waistline by having Lap-Band surgery. New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, who had the same procedure just before the 2010 season, spoke about his twin brother’s plan at the NFL Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. Cowboys coach Jason […]
Carnie Wilson has had Lap Band Surgery: Video
Carnie Wilson says she stopped looking after her health after giving birth to her children. The 43-year-old Wilson Phillips singer has daughters Lola, six, and Luciana, two, with her husband Rob Bonfiglio. After her first gastric bypass surgery in 1999, 5ft 3in Carnie’s weight went down to a healthy 150lbs. After having her children Carnie’s […]
6 Celebrities Who Have Had Gastric Bypass Surgery
Gastric bypass has been available for some years now and many famous faces, and their bodies, have felt the great effects of drastic weight loss. Here are some great examples: Roseanne Barr underwent gastric bypass surgery in 1998, and ended up losing lost over 80 pounds. She also had breast reduction surgery to alleviate her […]
Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Type 2 Diabetes Part 3
Please read part 1 and part 2 of this article for more information on new weight loss surgery research. Weight loss surgery might be the best treatment for obese patients who have type 2 diabetes, according to new research from Italy published in the Archives of Surgery. The study found that weight loss surgery improved […]
Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Type 2 Diabetes Part 2
Yet the patients in the research who only had medication for their treatment were not recently diagnosed patients, and Dr. Vivian Fonseca, the president of the division of Medicine and Science with the American Diabetes Association, noted that it would have been more useful to find out how newly diagnosed patients reacted to the medications […]