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Moral hazard and weight loss surgery
Over the last eighteen months of the recession, a new term has emerged from the pages of academic textbooks and into the public consciousness. This is “moral hazard”. As applied to banks, large insurance companies and other financial institution...
Is weight loss advertizing fair and honest?
Wherever you look, you are guaranteed sight of an ad for a weight loss product or service. It can be a careful pitch from a local aerobics class or an over-the-top claim for a "natural" product that you can eat as much as you like and still lose wei...
NICE consultation on weight loss and pregnancy
According to Sarah Palin, the European healthcare service operates like the Canadian cull of seals. On a regular basis, men armed with clubs go out among the unhealthy and older members of society, and put down those who no longer contribute to the...
Another new surgical procedure for weight loss
Well, let’s start with the gossip and then get serious. It seems Gabourey Sidibe who was recently nominated for an Oscar for her role in Precious, has been approached by a weight loss company. It wants to help her lose weight and, of course, by do...
Kirstie Alley, Scientology and weight loss
It’s always a joy to be able to link apparently unrelated subjects in the title to an article. This title is a real winner. Scientology was developed by a science fiction writer and has attracted some notoriety of late as various Hollywood figures...
Tips on how to lose weight effectively
There are countless medications on the market these days that all promise incomparable weight loss effects over a short period of time. Of course, you are free to buy them and try them but there's only a small percentage of these pills that actually...
Are sleep disorders a problem for overweight people?
Everywhere you look, there are more and more stories about the risks to the health of overweight people. It has not yet begun to match the continuous assaults by the Surgeon General on smoking (have you seen some of those pictures of people with can...
Is there one diet that does better than any other?
In different cultures at different times, there have been radically different views of female “beauty”. Some cultures have seen women as most desirable when they are voluptuous. The reason is not hard to find. When a family is rich, it can affor...
Liquid Diets and Meal Replacement Diets
Does liquid diet weight loss work? Is it even a good idea?The answer is not as simple as "yes" or "no." It depends on several factors, including how liquid diet meal replacements are used and what ingredients are contained in such a meal replacement...