Weight-loss aids: Buyer beware

According to a 2004 review in American Family Physician, Americans spent more than $1.3 billion on weight-loss supplements in 2001. Advertisements for weight-loss supplements seem to be everywhere — television infomercials, popular magazines, even your e-mail inbox. "Eat the foods you love and still lose weight" and "Exercise in a bottle" are among the marketing ploys that sound too good to be true. And, for the most part, they are.

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YMCA-based program may help prevent diabetes

YMCA-based intervention classes for persons with prediabetes resulted in greater weight loss, sustained over a longer period of time, than with control patients -- suggesting that community outreach with trained leaders may effectively delay or prevent the progression of prediabetes to T2.

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Gastric stimulator induces weight loss in diabetics

Gastric electrical stimulation using the Tantalus system (MetaCure Ltd) of implantable electrodes has been studied with an eye towards improving glucose control and inducing weight loss in obese patients with type 2 diabetes.

The Tantalus system is a device that induces stomach contractility and consists of three pairs of bipolar electrodes connected to an implantable pulse generator. The device detects food intake and pulses to induce early satiety.

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Diabetes drug may help treat obesity

Lay summary of an article in Diabetes Care (September 2008) suggesting that the use of pramlintide (trade name: Symlin) among obese persons without diabetes may assist weight loss, when compared to intensive lifestyle management alone.

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Go Ahead, Eat a Big Breakfast

Hard to believe, but there could be a benefit to loading up your breakfast plate.

Besides helping you eat less later in the day, a big breakfast might also help you lose weight. But you have to be smart about it.

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Slim Down with This Vitamin

Lose a pound recently? Great! Then keep it off with this mighty nutrient: vitamin C.

Research shows that your body needs sufficient vitamin C to burn fat -- and burning fat is key to keeping excess pounds away. So pop your C supplement, or snack on some C-rich orange sections before your next power walk

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