Monthly Archives April 28, 2009

Teen Pregnancy Boosts Girls’ Risk of Getting Fat Finally, in our last story, teenage pregnancy is a bad idea for young and unmarried women for a number of reasons. Now, a new study shows that...

Sweet Tax Could Curb Obesity Trend Remember that old Beatles song “Taxman”? The one where they sing about the government taxing your seat and taxing your feet? Well, the taxman’s back, and...

Bariatric Surgeon, Hospital Hit with Class?Action Suit In our next story, Dr. Jacobo Joffe, a prominent Canadian weight-loss surgeon who last year lost his license for sexually abusing several...

New Fat?Fighting Pathway Discovered There’s good news in the world of weight loss research. Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University think they’ve figured out the...

Brown Fat Burns Calories According to three recent studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine, brown fat – a kind of adipose tissue found in newborns – is metabolically active,...

Greetings! In the latest episode of Melting Mama's Reality Bites, host Beth Sheldon-Badore shares "pearls of freakin' wisdom" on what life is really like after weight loss surgery - regardless of...

Tune into the April 24, 2009, edition of WLS News to learn about the government's plan to tax certain sweet treats, find out what kind of fat actually burns calories, and get the scoop on a shady Canadian doc accused of sexual abuse with several weight loss surgery patients. We'll also tell you about the connection between teen pregnancy and future obesity, and get a sneak peek behind the scenes with the world's first bariatric chef, Dave Fouts. It's all in this week's action-packed episode of WLS News!

Ever heard of bariatric beri beri? Find out why this condition isn't as tasty as it sounds, and get Melting Mama's advice on staving off malnutrition by making sure you're getting plenty of the good stuff. (Yep, we're talking vitamins, people.) Plus, she'll share a couple of her favorite choco-licious protein powders that make for some power-packed shakes, and get Beth's take on whether weight loss surgery is really the "easy way out". Click on over to tune in now!