French weight loss drug ‘killed at least 1,300′
Mediator, a drug licensed for use by diabetics that became widely prescribed in France as a slimming aid, “probably” caused at least 1,300 deaths before it was withdrawn, a study published on Thursday More...
Weight Loss Surgery May Help Diabetes
Weight loss surgery isn’t likely to cure type 2 diabetes, but it can improve blood sugar control, a new study suggests. Obesity is a major risk factor for diabetes. Some previous research has suggested that More...
The Weight Loss Cure
The Weight Loss Cure is a three-phase diet explained in the book, The Weight Loss Cure “They” Don’t Want You to Know About, by Kevin Trudeau. The book outlines a plan to lose weight and overcome obesity not More...
The Volumetrics Diet
Volumetrics is a plan for losing weight created by Barbara J. Rolls, PhD, a renowned nutrition researcher who has been studying hunger and obesity for more than 20 years. Her first book, Volumetrics: Feel Full on More...
The 3-Hour Diet
The premise of the 3-Hour Diet weight-loss plan is that eating small meals every three hours can help you lose weight. Jorge Cruise, the fitness trainer who developed the 3-Hour Diet, claims that by eating frequently More...
The Step Diet
The basic premise of the Step Diet is that the best way to achieve weight loss is by walking a little more and eating a little less. The Step Diet is co-written by obesity researcher James O. Hill, PhD, director More...
The Skinny Vegan Diet
The Skinny Vegan Diet was created by the authors of the Skinny Bitch series, Rory Freedman, a former modeling agent, and Kim Barnouin, MS, a former model. The Skinny Vegan Diet is a low-calorie diet that promotes More...
The Shangri-La Diet
The Shangri-La Diet was developed by Seth Roberts, PhD, a psychologist who discovered that he lost weight when he was in Paris, where he was frequently drinking soda water between meals. Because he felt full all More...
The Park Avenue Diet
If you want to look rich and famous, you need to be trim and fit. The Park Avenue Diet, which was created by Manhattan doctor Stuart Fisher — who actually has a Park Avenue diet center where he practices — is More...
Nutrisystem
If you have watched any television lately you have probably seen a sports celebrity advertising the benefits of the Nutrisystem weight-loss system. This program was once based in nationwide weight-loss centers; More...