| S.A. surgical team takes new approach to gastric lap band
About 2,000 overweight and obese Americans had bariatric surgery last year. Now a San Antonio surgical team is offering a new approach to the gastric lap band, and they are seeing great success with their patients. Stepping on the scale is exciting these days for patient Tiffany Flowers. At 38, she decided to take a radical step to win her lifelong battle with her weight. "I've done pills. I've done Weight Watchers. I've done Slim-Fast. I've done fasting. I've done it all," she said. Nothing worked for long. So Flowers opted for the procedure called the REALIZE Adjustable Gastric Band. It is a surgically implanted device to help patients achieve major weight loss. Dr. Michael Seger, a bariatric surgeon says, "It goes around the top part of the stomach, and it buckles in place.
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Magazines' weight-loss advice analyzed
EAST LANSING, Mich., Jan. 14 Women's magazines may fall short in helping readers -- especially African-Americans -- lose weight, a U.S. study suggests.
The study, published in Health Communication, found more than 83 percent of weight-loss stories focus on changing individual behavior and only 7 percent examine factors such as the availability or cost of healthy foods or fitness programs.
"We blame individuals too much for circumstances that are not entirely within their control," study co-author Shelly Campo of the University of Iowa in Iowa City said in a statement. "We know people living in unsafe neighborhoods are much less likely to exercise. And fast food is cheap compared to fresh fruit and vegetables. To tell a poor person that they made a bad choice because they couldn't afford the salad fixings raises some ethical concerns."
Campo and Teresa Mastin of Michigan State University in East Lansing analyzed 406 fitness and nutrition articles published from 1984 to 2004 in six women's magazines -- three mainstream women's magazine and three aimed at African-American women.
Consumer Reports:Infomercial Exercisers Disappoint
(KDKA) "You'll get the body you always wanted and get there fast!" The Air Climber claims that you'll lose 10 pounds or 10 inches in 10 days. And the $50 Bean promises to get you lean. "The secret to blasting off stubborn belly fat in just 7 minutes a day!" Or how about the $160 Red exerciser's claim? "Lose four inches in your midsection in only two weeks!" Consumer Reports just evaluated 10 infomercial exercise devices and says, interesting to note, the infomercials make little or no mention of the diet plans that come with most. Many of the infomercials focus on how great the equipment is for weight loss. Of course, if you follow the low-calorie diet, which most products include, you'll lose weight. So to determine if any of those machines are worth getting, Consumer Reports focused on the workout they deliver.
'Rebound Weight Gain' Blamed For Diets Failing
RENO, Nev., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Successful weight loss does not happen by magic, according to weight loss expert Dr. Kent Sasse (http://www.SasseGuide.com). Rebound Weight Gain commonly occurs after a diet, and the pounds are put back on faster than they ever came off. And yet, some weight loss programs succeed while others fail. "Diets don't work because they almost always lead to Rebound Weight Gain," says Dr. Sasse, founder and medical director of the International Metabolic Institute (http://www.iMetabolic.com). "The loss of muscle and protein stores during dieting causes powerful biochemical signals that lead to intense hunger and weight gain after the diet comes to an end." More than 50% of adults are significantly overweight, and many are dieting to lose those extra pounds.
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