WLS News – January 30, 2009 gwhqadmin January 30, 2009 WLS News 5 Comments Tune into the January 30, 2009, edition of WLS News to find out how DNA in children indicates whether they will become obese as adults, learn about a new military fat camp for overweight Army recruits, and find out why one man was told he was too fat to be a dad. Plus, tune in for a special report from the Texas Weight Loss Surgery Summit on future trends in bariatric surgery and patient activism. We've got the scoop on all these stories and more this week on WLS News!
Texas Taxpayers May Cover New Obesity Program gwhqadmin January 23, 2009 Breaking WLS News Texas Taxpayers May Cover New Obesity Program Texans don't want to go through life fat, sick, and uninsured. But here in America, if you don’t have medical insurance – or a big pile of cash –...
‘Fat’ Flight Attendants Fight to Fly gwhqadmin January 23, 2009 Breaking WLS News Flight attendants in India are fighting to fly. Air India – that country’s national airline – recently sacked ten female flight attendants for putting on a few extra pounds – and now,...
Hormone Therapy May Mitigate Obesity Related Cancer Risk gwhqadmin January 23, 2009 Breaking WLS News A lack of hormone therapy may contribute to a higher cancer risk for obese women. A seven-year-long study looked at almost a HUNDRED THOUSAND women ages 50 to 71 and found that obese women were no more...
Fast Food Favors Fat gwhqadmin January 23, 2009 Breaking WLS News Does eating food fast make you fat? A team of researchers in the U.K. thinks it might – and that the tendency to scarf down a meal can be passed down from parents to kids. In a recent study, doctors...
Robotic Weight Loss Surgery Minimizes Risk gwhqadmin January 23, 2009 Breaking WLS News A Georgia hospital recently made state history by hosting the first robotic weight loss surgery. Doctors at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center performed a gastric bypass procedure using the newly...
WLS News – January 23, 2009 gwhqadmin January 23, 2009 WLS News 2 Comments Tune into the January 23, 2009, edition of WLS News to find out how obesity can affect ovarian cancer rates in older women, how the speed at which children eat impacts their BMI in adulthood, how a group of flight attendants is fighting back against weight discrimination, and why some Texas taxpayers may be footing the bill for low-income residents wanting weight loss surgery. Plus, find out how robots are helping America overcome its obesity epidemic!
WLS on the Web – Livingafterwls.com and livinglavidalowcarb.com gwhqadmin January 16, 2009 Breaking WLS News Yvonne tours the web, and visits two sites that help people recover from weight loss surgery: Livingafterwls.com and...
