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Device makers urge coverage of weight-loss surgery

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Device manufacturers are pushing the government and health insurers to cover weight-loss surgery, an effort that could give millions more obese Americans access to the treatments. Advocates say it will give obese patients a complete arsenal for fighting the condition that can spur a host of life-threatening illnesses and help save billions of dollars in healthcare costs for ...

Education, diet part of center's approach

BLOOMINGTON -- The OSF Weight Management Center, which began seeing patients in January 2011, has "grown a lot more than I thought we would," weight management specialist and exercise physiologist Jordan Weber said.

Vanderbilt Center for Surgical Weight Loss develops online education seminar for patients

The Vanderbilt Center for Surgical Weight Loss is developing an online education seminar for prospective patients to take in the privacy of their own homes.

Bariatric surgery in adolescents improves obesity-related diseases within first 2 years

Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled.

Chefs struggle to stay healthy in pressure-cooker setting

High-stress surroundings, weight problems are subject of new show, 'Fat Chef' A few months before his wedding, Neill Howell was tipping the scales at 240 pounds and knew he needed to make a change.