ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Participating in a pedometer-based walking program can help in weight loss even without a change in diet, a U.S. researcher found.
SALISBURY, Md., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers found the benefits of exercise for weight loss could be increased by using rapid -- or explosive -- muscle contractions.
RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The most influential predictor of weight loss in newborn babies is whether a baby is breastfed or is fed infant formula, a U.S. study found.
WALTHAM, Mass., July 24 (UPI) -- U.S. biotech Interleukin Genetics said Tuesday it plans to develop a gene test to help obese patients lose weight.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Former "Fat Actress" Kirstie Alley has hit the 75-pound mark on her Jenny Craig weight loss program.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have begun a two-year test of a surgically implanted weight loss device that gently shocks a user's body.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The Federal Trade Commission announced an education campaign Tuesday to assist the media in screening out too good to be true weight-loss product ads.
SAO PAULO, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Researchers reported Wednesday substantial weight loss and other important health and social benefits have been sustained by patients for 10 years following surgical procedures that bind or bypass part of the stomach. The results after the first 10 years
BOSTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- By genetically engineering massively obese mice, an international research team has discovered how the brain tells the body to burn calories and lose weight.
ATLANTA, March 19 (UPI) -- Heart researchers said Tuesday tiny implantable devices that shock the heart into normal rhythm can cut deaths from heart disease by 31 percent over and above reductions in mortality achieved with medical therapy. Patients with implantable cardioverter de
