Los Angeles Times Nighttime fasting may foster weight lossLos Angeles TimesPharmacological help for the nation's 78 million obese adults and 12.5 million obese children has been elusive, as have the keys to behavior change for enduring weight loss. Scientists acknowledge that obesity results from a complex mix of genetic and …Eating At A Scheduled Time May Make Weight Loss EasierRTT News When You...

USA TODAY Weight-loss drug Lorcaserin: Definite maybe in 2nd run at FDA's OKLos Angeles TimesThe proposed weight-loss drug Lorcaserin, rebuffed in its bid for Food and Drug Administration approval last October, on Thursday won a recommendation of approval from the agency's advisory committee, a major step toward winning the FDA's go-ahead to …FDA advisers recommend approving Arena weight-loss...

In findings that promise radical changes in the care of the 20 million U.S. patients with Type 2 diabetes, two new clinical trials have shown that weight-loss surgery brings about dramatically greater improvement of blood sugar control in obese …

Los Angeles Times Inaction by regulators as weight loss surgery allegations mountLos Angeles TimesBy Michael Hiltzik Several current or former workers for the people behind those 1-800-GET-THIN ads have made allegations about this weight-loss enterprise that government regulators should have gotten to the bottom of long ago. …Coverup alleged in Simi woman's death following Lap-Band surgeryVentura...

Los Angeles Times The Healthy Skeptic: Is caffeine an effective weight-loss aid?Los Angeles TimesAnyone looking for a shortcut to weight loss might be tempted to try one of many supplements that claim to burn fat and boost metabolism. These products often contain a not-especially-exotic ingredient that's already a staple of the American lifestyle: …and more »

Los Angeles Times Weight-loss drug Qnexa is poised for FDA approvalLos Angeles TimesAfter first being turned down by the Food and Drug Administration, makers of the investigational weight-loss drug Qnexa have promising new data to report and will ask less of the FDA this time around. …SEQUEL Trial Results for Qnexa® Published in AJCN Show 10% Sustained Weight …PR Newswire (press release) VIVUS...

Los Angeles Times Inmate's weight loss cuts jail time thanks to judge's lose-a-pound, gain-a-day …Los Angeles Times"It's not easy to lose weight. I thought he'd lose 5, maybe, 6 pounds — not 25," said Miller, 64, who has often dished out creative sentences during her 17 years as a county judge. "It's like [sentencing] someone in a drug case. …Florida Inmate...

ABC News 'Breaking Dawn' screenwriter talks Stephenie Meyer's weight lossLos Angeles Times"You know, she had lost some weight when we filmed the wedding scene together," Rosenberg recalled of the on-screen matrimony of Stewart and Pattinson, "but then I saw her at the 'Breaking Dawn' junket and just thought, holy smoke."Twilight fans split as Breaking Dawn hits cinemasNew...

Weight-loss programs offering support via telephone and the Web work about as well as in-person counseling to help obese people lose weight, a study has found. Two intervention programs were compared with a control group in the two-year study …

Los Angeles Times Weight-loss surgery aids transplant candidatesLos Angeles TimesMartha Magdaleno, flanked by her sisters Elvia Motta, left, and Jazmin Magdaleno, lost weight after a gastric bypass operation. It helped her qualify for a heart transplant. (Dr. Eraj Basseri / June 23, 2011) By Thomas H. Maugh II, Special to the Los …