Monthly Archives May 31, 2009

Does Smoking Prevent Obesity? We all know it’s smart to eat right and exercise to stay slim... but should you also light up? Many people who quit smoking gain significant weight soon...

Greetings! In the May 29, 2009 edition of WLS News, we'll examine just how badly budget shortfalls are cutting into Canada's bariatric care programs, and fill you in on new research indicating...

Does Stress Cause Childhood Obesity? Obesity is a complex metabolic disease. While its origins are uncertain, researchers are gradually zeroing in on the factors that can trigger obesity in otherwise...

Tune into the May 29, 2009 edition of WLS News to find out which is worse for your health: being an overweight non-smoker or a skinny nicotine addict. Plus, learn which stress factors can cause teens to gain weight, discover how budget cuts in the Canadian healthcare system are putting the lives of pre-op bariatric patients at risk, and learn why Aussie bureaucrats have banned birthday cake. It's all in this week's episode -- click to view now!

Obesity Caused by Overeating, Not Laziness According to one Australian academic, Americans are fat because we eat too much, not because we’re lazy. In remarks made at an obesity conference in...

Bringing Heart to Mind Heart disease kills more women in the United States than any other disease – but are American women concerned by that? Nope. Statistics say that only one in five women...

Mississippi Approves WLS In our next story, Mississippi has long suffered with high obesity rates among its citizens – by some counts the highest obesity rates in the nation.  Now, in an effort to...

Good Germs May Burn Belly Fat Single-celled organisms have no free will as we know it, and are therefore morally neutral. However, some of them by their nature cause us harm, while others do us good....