Monthly Archives April 13, 2009

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Rapid Infant Weight Gain Linked to Childhood Obesity Two Boston researchers have found that babies who experience rapid weight gain in the first few months of life are candidates for childhood...

Obesity Drug Clears Trial, But Has Limited Effects A new drug called lorcaserin, still in a trial stage, is proving to be effective at promoting weight loss without any dangerous side effects. But,...

School PE Programs Don’t Lower Childhood Obesity Recently, the BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver conducted a study of more than 18,000 elementary students and found that although school fitness...

Greetings! In our WLS News report for April 10, 2009, we'll share the results of a recent clinical trial for a new obesity drug, explain how rapid weight gain in infants may predict future...

Experimental Parkinson’s Therapy May Have Robust Weight-Loss Effect In clinical experiments focused on rescuing dying brain cells in Parkinson’s patients using a growth factor called GDNF,...

Even Moderate Obesity Shortens Life Expectancy According to new analysis of 57 studies that involved a total of nearly a million subjects, researchers have found that being obese can shorten a...

Tune into the April 10, 2009, edition of WLS News to find out about a new obesity drug that could get FDA approval, learn why high fructose corn syrup may be the cause of our nation's continued weight gain, and discover what Canadian authorities are doing to curb childhood obesity up north. Plus, we'll explain why a couple pounds' difference in infants could lead to future obesity, and how genetic differences may protect some ethnic groups from fatty liver disease. It's all in this week's action-packed episode of WLS News!