A recent study by researchers in Somerset, UK, has shown that type 2 diabetes may be alleviated, or even go into remission, following gastric banding surgery. Two groups were used for the study. Group 1 followed 34 obese, type 2 diabetes patients for 36 months after their gastric banding or gastric bypass surgeries. In the [...]

An opinion piece published in Wednesday’s edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association says placing extremely obese children temporarily in foster care is sometimes more ethical than weight loss surgery to control obesity. Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist with the Children’s Hospital Boston, said the point is to act in the child’s [...]

According to the study, obesity costs the Canadian economy anywhere from $4 to $7 billion every year.

For couples who have gone through the experience, it’s no secret that having a partner undergo weight loss surgery can be a challenge. But few understand just how challenging it can be to keep a marriage together after WLS. It’s something that Vincent Welsh of Michigan and his wife Michelle understand all too well. “I [...]

Age does not appear to bring increased risks for elderly obese patients who undergo weight loss surgery, according to a new study. The study followed some 48,000 adults who had gastric banding procedures between 2005 and 2009. Adults over 65 years of age are not at significantly greater risk of health problems a month after [...]

I find that sometimes when I plan to do something, I get off track and end up going in a totally different direction. Life always seems to send many different twists and turns my way, and I seem to easily lose focus of what I aimed to do, sometimes a bit too easily if you [...]

We all know it’s illegal to discriminate against people on the basis of age, race, gender or sexual orientation, but researchers from Yale have found that widespread discrimination exists against the overweight. I am sure this information is nothing new to anyone who has ever struggled with their weight. The dirty looks you get when [...]

Scientists have come up with a new way to measure body fat – it’s called the Body Adiposity Index, or BAI. It relies on height and hip measurements, and is meant to offer a more flexible alternative to Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI has been used to measure body fat for the past 200 years, [...]

Too few doctors are telling their overweight patients the truth about their weight, according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Of the 5,500 people who took part in the study, one third of obese patients and over half of the overweight patients had never been told by a doctor they were [...]

Obesity is increasing in almost every country in the world according to studies published in The Lancet medical journal, and Canadian women have some of the highest Body Mass Indexes among developed countries. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a weight to height ratio that is one of the tools physicians use to diagnose obesity. For [...]