Yearly Archives February 6, 2009

Behavior Modification and Weight Loss Surgery Equally Effective A new study published in the International Journal of Obesity shows that people who lose weight by adopting healthy diet and exercise...

Clothing Exchange Helps Weight Loss Surgery Patients Save on Clothes “Fashion” isn’t usually a word associated with weight loss surgery. But if you’ve been watching the pounds melt away over...

Cutting Calories Boosts Brain Power A new study from the University of Muenster in Germany showed that seniors who ate a healthy reduced-calorie diet not only lost weight, but had significantly...

Obesity Increasing Among Immigrants A 2004 study by the American Medical Association found that the body mass index – or BMI – of the average immigrant increases the longer that he or she has...

Greetings! Tune into the February 6, 2009, edition of WLS News to find out how losing weight can help improve your memory, learn why the federal government is spending millions to fight...

Diamond of a Successful Life - Part 2. In the second part of his series on creating a successful life, host Craig Thompson explains how having a spirit of gratitude gives us a feeling of abundance. By recognizing our small successes and blessings, we can celebrate everything that is right in our world. And, through gratitude, we can stop simply taking, and start to give without strings attached.

Tune into the February 6, 2009, edition of WLS News to find out how losing weight can help improve your memory, learn why the federal government is spending millions to fight obesity in U.S. immigrants, and discover why some people may simply be hard-wired to overeat. Plus, take a sneak peek behind the scenes at a special fashion event for post-op WLS patients. We've got the scoop on all these stories and more this week on WLS News!

Diamond of a Successful Life - Part 1. In this uplifting first episode of his new series on living a successful life, host Craig Thompson encourages us to take an honest, open inventory of who we are. Often, we get stuck in self-defeating thoughts and behaviors because we fail to take stock of what we really have to offer—including traits we may not have even known we had that we can use to serve others.