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unusual facts about weight loss



My Coke Rewards

Childhood obesity was also a concern for weight-loss instructor Julia Griggs Havey who sued Coca-Cola over the program in 2006, but dropped her lawsuit a few weeks later.

Paseana

Paseana won Grade 1 races in Argentina before being sold at age four to Americans Jenny & Sidney Craig, noted business personalities who founded the weight loss company Jenny Craig, Inc..

Very low calorie diet

A 1997 study concludes that the short-term use of a VLCD is very effective in rapidly improving glycaemic control and promoting substantial weight loss in obese patients with Type 2 diabetes.


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Anorexia

Anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder of excessive weight loss and usually undue concern about body shape

Enviga

In February 2007, the watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) filed a lawsuit over company claims that Enviga acts as a calorie-burning and weight-loss product, as a "negative calorie" drink.

Fast Food Nation

Million Calorie March: The Movie (2008) — a documentary film highlighting obesity and weight loss

Jen-Ai Hospital

Its Director, Dr. Shih-Huang Chao, the Chief Consultant, is a surgeon also known for inventing the gastric clipping weight loss method (a surgical procedure that can be done within 30 minutes), which has been granted patent in the United States, Japan, and Taiwan.

Kerry Gordy

In 2004 Kerry co-founded Siebers Style with exercise guru Debbie Siebers who earlier that year struck a deal with Beachbody to sell the “ Debbie Siebers Slim in 6” rapid weight loss program.

Kerry Kayes

In 2000 Kayes wrote weight loss diets for Ricky Hatton and other Billy Graham boxers, then in 2002 at the request of Billy Graham (Ricky Hatton's boxing coach) Kayes became the strength and nutrition coach for light welterweight boxing champion Ricky Hatton, his main responsibilities being to make Hatton stronger and helping him to make weight, no small task given Hatton's love of junk food between fights.

Lee Troop

He became involved in athletics at the age of 11 when he joined his father's weight loss campaign by taking training runs around the Geelong suburb of Whittington.

Makua Rothman

But after rigorously working with trainer and friend Rob Garcia, (strength trainer for professional boxer Oscar De La Hoya) Makua brought his weight down to roughly 160 pounds, a weight loss that has significantly benefited Makua’s surfing.

Mazel

Judy Mazel (1943–2007), American weight loss advocate and author of the The Beverly Hills Diet

Pancoast tumor

Aside from cancer general symptoms such as malaise, fever, weight loss and fatigue, Pancoast tumour can include a complete Horner's syndrome in severe cases: miosis (constriction of the pupils), anhidrosis (lack of sweating), ptosis (drooping of the eyelid) and enophthalmos (sunken eyeball).

Shopping list

Shopping with a list is a commonly employed behavioral weight loss guideline designed to reduce food purchases and therefore food consumption.

South Beach Diet

Cindy Moore, RD, a director of nutrition therapy at Cleveland Clinic and a former spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association claimed that although the diet meets the important criteria for a healthy diet: it emphasizes vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and lean protein while not omitting any major food group, phase 1 can throw the body's electrolyte balance off because most of the weight loss is water weight.

Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery

According to an episode of Oprah Winfrey that aired on October 24, 2006, 30% of people who undergo weight loss surgery such as VBG or gastric bypass suffer from addiction transference, which is transferring the previous addiction to food with a new addiction to alcoholism.

Weight loss coaching

Weight loss coaching had borrowed techniques from NLP and psychology, amongst other disciplines and there are many well known coaches in this area.

You Can Do It

:For fitness and weight loss specialist see, Tony Little