Lose more, win more; (The Del Monte Fit 'n Right challenge grand weigh-in!).
Byline: OWEN BAUTISTA-ALCARAZ Against the backdrop of beautiful Boracay, the Del Monte Fit 'n Right Challenge held its first ever weight management competition! In cooperation with Fitness First, contenders together with their personal trainers and nutritionists were flown in via South East Asian Airlines (one...

Plum Borough School District First to Implement a School Nutrition Breakthrough.
MUNDELEIN, Ill., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Z Trim Holdings, Inc. -- In a state so concerned with the health effects of obesity and weight gain in children that it measures and reports on the body mass index (BMI) of each individual student, the Food Service Department of Pittsburgh's Plum...

NutriSystem(R) Launches New 'Seniors' Weight Loss Program Former NFL Coach Don Shula Named as Spokesperson for NutriSystem Silver.
HORSHAM, Penn., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NutriSystem is launching its new NutriSystem(R) Silver(TM) program for men and women over 60. This diet program is formulated to combat both the sluggish metabolism and nutritional deficiencies experienced by people in their 60s, 70s and beyond. To help spread the...

Fighting waistband bulge.
BANGALORE: Bulging waistbands are a big business. At 47, Rajkumar, an electronic engineer, realised this after a five-year-long battle to lose weight. In his prime, Rajkumar's businesses varied from making burglar alarms to running buses. While his business bloomed, his biggest loss became his health....

Halitosis; a[euro]If her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there was no living near her; she would infect to the north star.a[euro] - William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet a[euro]Much Ado About Nothinga[euro] act 2, sc. 1.
Byline: Dr. Jose Pujalte Jr. BAD breath is not a problem if you are a hermit living in some remote island. But it becomes anyone's problem if he or she is in a working or living environment that requires social contact. Let's examine this all...

Weighty concerns.
I've been on a diet for six months, and I've done great. I lost 20 pounds. But I'm getting dark circles under my eyes, and I think my period has stopped. Dear Weighty Concerns, When a heavy girl drops 20 pounds sensibly, that is terrific....

Most type 1 teens omit insulin to control weight.
AMSTERDAM -- More than 90% of all teenagers with type 1 diabetes omit insulin doses at least occasionally in order to prevent weight gain, according to the results of an international observational study presented by Dr. Soren E. Skovlund at the annual meeting of the European Association for the...

Are you a binge eater?
Binging is not really a weakness but often boredom, anxiety and stress can trigger it off... What is binge eating disorder? Binge eating disorder is a condition in which you regularly eat large amounts of food within a couple of hours or less (a binge)....

3 lakh TB cases each year in city ring alarm bells.
Byline: Abantika Ghosh NEW DELHI: Arpita (name changed), student of a private school, was all set to appear for the class XII examinations this year. She had been studying hard but a recurrent fever which caused loss of appetite and weight disrupted her preparations. Her...

Fat checks: bloated obesity programs.
WEST VIRGINIA taxpayers may soon be paying for portly citizens to attend Weight Watchers meetings. The state claims it's spending $100 million a year on obesity-related health care. Now, in an effort to reduce those costs, the state's largest Medicaid provider--UniCare, a subsidiary of Wellpoint--will pony up for 16...