Stewart-Moore said the three-time British champion, who has admitted taking weight-loss drugs in the past, is taking full responsibility for the failed test.
Weight Watchers International (nyse: WTW - news - people ), which offers its weight-loss services to people in 30 countries, just signed an agreement with Applebee's International (nasdaq: APPB - news - people ), which will add a Weight Watchers section to its menus.
Within two months of opening Fitness Shakers in May 2011, Robinson said she quickly lost another 15 pounds -- bringing her total weight loss to 170 pounds in two years -- just from being the only instructor at the time.
Not only is healthy weight hard to achieve, but showing the cost-effectiveness of weight-loss programs in the workplace also proves evasive.
Both telephone and internet-based treatment have produced weight loss comparable to an in-person intervention.
Citrus aurantium has seen a surge in use in weight-loss products since the banning of ephedra by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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One side effect of Byetta--in addition to nausea--is weight loss, which Kliff views as a positive for diabetics.
In the United States, where two-thirds of the population is either overweight or obese, weight-loss surgeries have increased in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For some dieters, convenience means not having to plan, and so delivered meals or easy-to-shop-for menus are helpful in sticking to a weight loss plan.
In that same year, counterfeits of the weight-loss drug Alli sold over the Internet contained none of the active ingredient in the real drug but did contain sibutramine, the prescription-strength weight-loss drug Meridia, which has since been removed from the U.S. market because of concerns about cardiac side effects.
There are messaging boards and online meetings, members can start their own weight loss-centric blogs, and they can participate in weight loss challenges.
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For example, he recently gained 455% in VIVUS (VVUS) , after he scooped up distressed shares of the weight-loss-drug maker in 2010.
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The not terribly palatable stuff has a role in weight-loss diets, too.
Craig and her late husband, Sydney, began a nutritional weight-loss program in 1983 in Australia and moved it to the U.S. in 1985.
Lorcaserin affords a 3.0 to 3.7 percent weight-loss in one year relative to beyond that with placebo when used at the recommended dose.
It is among the best known secrets in the weight-loss world.
Yesterday, Orexigen, which seemed to have abandoned its obesity drug Contrave after the Food and Drug Administration asked for a giant study to prove the medicine is safe, jumped back in the weight-loss game .
Since three out of the seven companies in which Steven has successfully invested are led by women CEOs, he was drawn to the WCC, where he found like-minded investors and champions for Aratana CEO Linda Rhodes and her revolutionary plans for pain relief and weight-loss prevention in companion animals.
The agony of his weight-loss running sessions in the California sun is so pitiable that it plays like tragedy.
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The weight-loss surgery techniques used in the study may also partly explain the findings.
Obesity is on the rise among U.S. teens, and with it, interest in high-end weight-loss camps.
Meanwhile, she and Mr. Hamilton have recently launched a line of nutrition and weight-loss supplements called Truition in partnership with record producer Rick Rubin.
Allergan also sells implants used in breast augmentation and weight-loss surgery.
It has been named in lawsuits for its use of ephedra, a stimulant linked to heart attacks and strokes that was previously a component in some of its weight-loss products.
"(She) is great proof of the benefits of self-monitoring in the weight loss and management process, " said Dr. Jessica Bartfield, a bariatrician at Loyola University Health System who sees both surgical and nonsurgical patients battling their weight.
Those medications include phentermine and several other stimulants approved for weight loss in the 1950s, as well as drugs to treat diabetes, depression and attention-deficit disorder that have weight-loss as a side effect.
Professor McMahon believes if nothing changes, we could see one in six people eligible for weight-loss surgery within a generation.
Vitamin B-12 is often used in weight loss programs to boost energy and metabolism.
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She stumbled upon the Web site of the Hilton Head Health Institute, a self-billed "weight loss spa retreat center" in South Carolina, and signed up.
Red Mountain is a case in point: When it opened in 1998, its primary guests were weight-loss-focused.
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