Category: Dieting/WLS
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Things Worth Reading: Epidemics and Safeway’s Wellness Incentives
7 comments on Things Worth Reading: Epidemics and Safeway’s Wellness IncentivesFrom ABC Australia comes Australia’s disordered eating epidemic: [W]e are not in the midst of an obesity epidemic, as it is often claimed. We are in the midst of an epidemic of disordered eating. The solutions prescribed to combat obesity are often the same behaviours we as practitioners are diagnosing in those suffering from eating […]
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“Screening for obesity in kids” is NEW?
Wait – “experts urge screening for obesity in kids“? The tone of the article implies that this is new, that this is something that hasn’t already been done to death, as if kids weren’t being put on diets in grade school 35 years ago. Oh wait, we’re still fat. So what are they proposing […]
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Ah, January
More weight-loss ads on TV. More gym promotions. More articles in the paper. In December, the local grocery had Stouffer’s cheaper than Lean Cuisine; this month, it’s reversed. Some of my friends are upset that they gained weight in December. Most frame this in “I was doing so good on my diet but in December….” […]
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Slim-Fast Drink Recall
If you have any canned Slim-Fast drinks hidden in the back of the cupboard, you might want to toss them out. From Slim-Fast: The products are packaged in paperboard cartons and contain four, six or 12 steel cans that are 11 FL OZ (325 mL) each. Individual cans are also sold in certain retail outlets. […]
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Oprah Online: Article on fat acceptance
The Oprah magazine article I posted about earlier, by (mother) Robin Marantz Henig and (daughter) Jess Zimmerman, is online now. So far the comments are good too, but there’s only two of them, so I’d be cautious anyway.
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NYT on The Biggest Loser: “Health Can Take A Back Seat”
From The New York Times‘ article on The Biggest Loser today: Doctors, nutritionists and physiologists not affiliated with “The Biggest Loser” express doubt about the program’s regimen of severe caloric restriction and up to six hours a day of strenuous exercise, which cause contestants to sometimes lose more than 15 pounds a week. At least […]
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Losing Weight Doesn’t Prevent Cancer?
From an article on myths and facts in cancer prevention in The New York Times comes this interesting sidebar. Specifically, among things that have not been shown to prevent cancer are: Exercise Fruits and vegetables Losing weight Low-fat diet So why are these so often recommended? “I think it’s wishful thinking,” said Dr. Susan […]
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“Struggle with weight”
Once again today I saw someone write that they “struggle with their weight”: first losing weight, then regaining, then losing again, then regaining again. To cope with this the writer has a larger-than-she-deems-necessary wardrobe in a variety of sizes. Is that struggling with weight? Or struggling with the temporary nature of dieting? Do we […]
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Surgically attach mesh to tongue so eating is painful
Remember how they used to wire jaws shut to “enforce” a liquid diet? New “hotness” is to surgically attach a postage-stamp-sized piece of mesh to the tongue. As the Chicago Tribune put it: The tongue patch, which is supposedly taking Southern California by storm — 10 people have it — remains in your mouth […]
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Weight-Loss Drugs Are About Health! Really!
Sort of. Reuters summarized the results of Vivus’ new weight-loss drug study as follows: Vivus, whose shares shot up nearly 80 percent on the news, combined phentermine with the epilepsy drug topiramate, available generically [and as] Topamax. […] Phentermine takes an old-fashioned and logical approach to weight loss — it is a stimulant that speeds up the […]
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Alli/Xenical and Liver Damage?
From Monthly Prescribing Reference: The FDA has notified healthcare professionals and consumers that it is reviewing new safety information regarding reports of liver-related adverse events in patients taking orlistat, which is marketed in the U.S. as Xenical (from Roche) and Alli (from GlaxoSmithKline). The FDA has received 32 reports of serious liver injury, including 6 […]
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I just want you to have hope!
Losing weight is possible! Sure, it doesn’t work for most people, but it did for me! You need to think positive! Keep trying! Some of us can lose weight permanently! Yes, and some people do win the lottery. Doesn’t mean I’m cashing out my 401(k) to buy lotto tickets.
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Why Try Out for Biggest Loser?
I’m at a disadvantage here, because I haven’t watched the show.* I’ve had people suggest I try out for the show — often as small talk, but also as an “OMG you’d be great on The Biggest Loser!” (The latter I remember clearly, since it was from my boss. I asked if she really […]
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LEAN Works. Not.
After reading both the Association for Size Diversity and Health’s press release and Laura Frater’s post on the CDC’s LEAN Works site I went and took a look at it. I was not impressed. While skimming the site, a survey popped up asking me to give my feedback. I answered it honestly, noting that, for […]
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Calorie Restriction has Downsides?
You’ve likely seen the headlines on calorie restriction, or a “permanent diet“, increasing the lifespan of monkeys. Turns out some research is being done on human volunteers, too — and it’s not without problems: [I]t has potential downsides, including constant hunger, sensitivity to cold, weakened immune function and sour mood, says Susan Roberts, professor of […]
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Why Are My Eyes Rolling?
If you want to join the eyeroll, read along. If you’re had your fill of stupidity lately, feel free to pass…
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Rethinking Thin and Mindless Eating
This Reason review of both Gina Kolata’s Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss— and the Myths and Realities of Dieting and Brian Wansink’s Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think does something one doesn’t often see in writing about the efficacy of diets: It recognizes that losing 10lbs is nothing like losing 100lbs. […]
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