Reuters - Patients rarely have excess skin removed after weight loss surgery, although it can be a bother for people who’ve shed a lot of pounds, a new poll suggests.

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Reuters - Patients who have had weight loss surgery rarely have excess skin removed, although it can be such a bother for people who have shed a lot of weight that it has a negative impact on their quality of life, a poll said.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) — Most of the 220,000
people who undergo weight loss surgery every year are not aware of the
follow-up procedures they could have to remove any loose skin they may
have, according to a new study by plastic surgeons.

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Reuters - The European Medicines Agency said it would look into anti-obesity medicines that contain orlistat, including Roche’s Xenical and GlaxoSmithKline’s Alli.

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HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) — Obese 8- and 9-year-olds
are more likely to suffer socially and emotionally than their
normal-weight peers, a new study finds.

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HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) — A new study links low blood
sugar in obese people to a greater desire within the brain for
high-calorie foods, a finding that offers insight into why people who
become overweight tend to stay that way.

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Reuters - Thin people may be able to summon more mental defenses to resist tempting, high-calorie foods than obese people, researchers said on Monday.

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LiveScience.com - For normal-weight people, an empty tummy triggers the brain to tell the body to get some food. When the tummy gets filled, the tummy gets happy; and that’s the end of that for about five hours or more.

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Reuters - Michigan’s Republican governor said on Wednesday he will ask doctors to report the body fat levels of children under the age of 18 to a government registry in a bid to fight rampant obesity.

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AP - Gov. Rick Snyder plans to direct doctors in Michigan to begin monitoring the body weight of their young patients and provide the data to a state registry in one of the most extensive government efforts to address the growing problem of pediatric obesity, the Associated Press has learned.

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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Can a man be sued for stupidity? If so, Martin Kessman of New York should have a class action lawsuit against him. Kessman is suing the fast food chain White Castle because he’s unable to squeeze his large body into their seats. Kessman says he wrote several complaints to corporate headquarters, and only received coupons for three free hamburgers, and they didn’t even include the cheese. White Castle allegedly sent him a letter stating it had plans to expand their booth size, but in Kessman’s eyes the chain did not act quickly enough.

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ContributorNetwork - By all accounts, health care in Oklahoma is not up to par with much of the rest of the nation and Oklahomans’ rank higher than the national average for rates of obesity and smoking. Results of a study published in the British medical journal, The Lancet, may provide some insight into tackling the issue of obesity and overweight in the state.

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Reuters - Anybody who’s smoked marijuana knows about “the munchies,” that desire to eat everything within reach. But a study from France has found that, surprisingly, pot smokers are actually less likely than non-smokers to pack on weight.

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ContributorNetwork - A commercial weight loss plan has demonstrated twice the success rate in achieving weight loss over physician-directed weight loss treatment alone, so says a study published today in the British medical journal, The Lancet.

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ContributorNetwork - The celebrated “fat gene” is making news. Scientists in Scotland found that genes in fat tissue cause the body to retain excess weight unnecessarily. Canadian researchers found that missing “exercise genes” prevent people from exercising.

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LiveScience.com - Despite the tendency of marijuana users to experience the “munchies,” pot smokers may have a lower risk of obesity that those who don’t use the drug, a new study finds.

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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Chick-fil-A is giving free breakfasts to customers who make online reservations on Sept. 6-10. With obesity rates at 33 percent nationwide and 17 percent of kids obese, let’s do the nutrition math on that free meal.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) — Dieters may be more likely
to slim down if they are referred to a commercial program such as Weight
Watchers than if they battle the bulge with primary health care providers
alone, a new study finds.

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Reuters - Overweight patients told by their doctors to go to Weight Watchers lose around twice as much weight as people receiving standard weight loss care over 12 months, according to the findings of a study published on Thursday.

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ContributorNetwork - In the wake of a study showing obesity rates across the globe have soared over the last three decades, the FDA has announced it is closer to unveiling proposed changes to the nutritional labels found on America’s food. The study found America is the most obese nation among developed countries.

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