Spring 2010 - Table of Contents
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What Does It Take To Lose Weight?
Forget weakness and willpower. The principles of weight loss are more complex than what goes in versus what goes out.
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Is the Key to Weight Loss Success in a “Little Pill?”
If diets don’t work, is the answer to your weight loss problems in a flower or a pill? The truth about weight loss medications, fat burners and herbal weight loss supplements.
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What Have You Got To Lose?
Austin Women Share What Weight Loss Programs Work for Them and Tips for Successful Weight Loss
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The Doctors Are In!
Physician-guided weight loss programs identify the underlying causes of weight loss resistance, helping people navigate over the hills and through the valleys in the journey that is weight loss.
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Bariatric Surgery: When All Else Fails
Bariatric surgery is a powerful, effective weight loss tool that when used properly, may be the difference between life and death.
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Eating Too Much vs. Too Little to Eat
A look at the opposite end of the pendulum as it swings from overeating to excessive (and sometimes dangerous) food restrictions.
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Let’s Move
Michelle Obama Joins the Fight Against Childhood Obesity
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Once thought to preferentially affect overweight, middle-aged men, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome occurs with increasing frequency in women, especially after menopause, and presents with some common and uniquely feminine symptoms.