Obese people

Fatty foods affect brain's ability to control weight

Researchers at the University of Washington have found one more reason for obese to say 'no' to unhealthy food habits.

A food regime abounding in fat is more than likely to injure neurons in human brain, a major part of which are primarily concerned with body weight-regulation.

Lead researcher Joshua Thaler accounts a classic American diet for people losing out in the 'battle of the bulge'.

Coming soon: a diet pill to reduce weight by 40 percent

It’s true! A diet pill that can help overweight and obese women drop a dress size in a matter of weeks could go on sale in two years.

The new drug, called lorcaserin, is being hailed as the last attempt to reduce weight before patients consider going to dangerous lengths like gastric band surgery.

Makers of the weight loss drug, which suppresses appetite, claim that it can reduce weight by as much as 40 percent over a year.

Financial incentives may help lose extra kilos--study

In a major breakthrough study that could help tackle the problem of obesity that has become a global epidemic, a panel of British researchers have found that bribery could help shed those extra kilos.

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According to the findings of the new monetary scheme introduced by scientists, money works as a great motivator when it came to shedding flab.

University of Sheffield experts, led by Dr. Clare Relton, conducted the novel research that was aimed at finding the impact of financial incentives on weight loss.

Dr. Clare Relton said, “The successful recruitment to this program suggests that a financial incentives weight-loss program may be acceptable to the general public and to NHS (National Health Service) employees, and to both men and women.”

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