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Contact: Debra Kain ddkain@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California - San Diego

A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and The University of Minnesota indicates that a parent's weight change is a key contributor to the success of a child's weight loss in family-based treatment of childhood obesity. The results were published today in the advanced online edition of the journal Obesity.

"We looked at things such as parenting skills and styles, or changing the home food environment, and how they impacted a child's weight," said Kerri N. Boutelle, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at UC San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego. "The number one way in which parents can help an obese child lose weight? Lose weight themselves. In this study, it was the most important predictor of child weight loss."

Recent data suggests that 31 percent of children in the United States are overweight or obese, or between four and five million children. Current treatment programs generally require participation by both parents and children in a plan that combines nutrition education and exercise with behavior therapy techniques.

"Parents are the most significant people in a child's environment, serving as the first and most important teachers," said Boutelle "They play a significant role in any weight-loss program for children, and this study confirms the importance of their example in establishing healthy eating and exercise behaviors for their kids."

The researchers looked at eighty parent-child groups with an 8 to 12-year-old overweight or obese child, who participated in a parent-only or parent + child treatment program for five months.

The study focused on evaluating the impact of three types of parenting skills taught in family-based behavioral treatment for childhood obesity, and the impact of each on the child's body weight: the parent modeling behaviors to promote their own weight loss, changes in home food environment, and parenting style and techniques (for example, a parent's ability to help limit the child's eating behavior, encouraging the child and participating in program activities).

Consistent with previously published research, parent BMI change was the only significant predictor of child's weight loss.

The researchers concluded that clinicians should focus on encouraging parents to lose weight to help their overweight or obese child in weight management.

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How to best help your child lose weight: Lose weight yourself

Weight loss pills are now part of the product range at Health hound Ltd. People that leave comments on the site have welcomed the news.

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Simon Carvery, one of the Directors on the site said that this move to introduce weight loss pills into our product line has been on the cards for some time. We have received a number of requests from our readers over the last few months to introduce these pills so now we have. We have a wide range of weight loss pills available on the site and we are also offering a number of weight loss tips that go along with each set of pills. We feel that weight loss pills can offer an effective way for some people to lose weight and we are hoping to hear some really positive stories about peoples weight loss experiences in the coming months.

There are a number of people on the site that regularly post questions about weight loss pills

And many of these people have been leaving comments on the site this week about what the team on the site are doing. Many of the comments so far have been very positive and many commentators are praising the team for their efforts.

As well as making weight loss pills available on the site this week the team at Health hound Ltd. have also come up with a free report on quick and easy ways to lose weight.

The new report is available on the site right now at http://www.healthhound.org/3223/weight-loss-pills/.

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Pauline Quirke won't be pushing herself to lose any more weight.

The Birds Of A Feather star has gone from a size 28, weighing almost 20 stone, to around 12 and a half stone.

The actress says that her initial target of 11 stone was going a bit too far.

"I remember trying on something that was a size 14 and it was too big. I thought I'd gone far enough. I never wanted to push this to the extreme. It was about being healthy and feeling well," she said.

Pauline, who replaced normal meals with low calorie packs of powder mixed with water, said: "I'd like to stay between 12 and 12 and a half stone.

"Every week I'll weigh myself just to keep an eye on it and will have the packs as part of my life.

"But I don't want to spend the rest of my life being frightened of what I want to eat. You can have a slice of cake, but not every day."

And the actress, who has been preparing for a Birds Of A Feather stage tour, wouldn't dream of having surgery to remove any folds of loose skin left by the weight loss.

"I'm 52 - it was never going to all ping back. I won't be doing bikini shoots in the near future but it's not as bad as one would have imagined," she said.

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For years, companies have been cashing in on people looking for ways to lose weight or stop smoking. However, the answer may be within the subconscious of our own minds.

Former Ann Arbor resident Rena Greenberg, president of Wellness Seminars Inc., performs hypnosis on clients looking to lose weight and stop smoking.

Greenberg has performed weight loss and smoking cessation hypnosis seminars in 17 Michigan hospitals. Her most recent work, which involves gastric bypass hypnosis surgery, will be featured in a future episode of ABC's "Nightline."

"Hypnosis is powerful because it ingrains new images and possible suggestions in the mind to help a person change how they think about themselves and food subconsciously," she said.

Greenberg holds two certifications in hypnosis from both The Eastern Neurolinguistic Programming Institute and the National Guild of Hypnotists in addition to biofeedback certification from the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America.

She is also a certified hypnosis and neurolinguistic programming trainer and has a master's degree in divinity from the University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism.

Leonard Dingman, 48, of Howell went to one of Greenberg's weight-loss seminars in 2004 after he received a recommendation from a co-worker who attended one to stop smoking.

At 6-foot-1 and 315 pounds, Dingman was looking to lose 50 pounds at the recommendation of his doctor. He was on high blood pressure medication, had a family history of diabetes and suffered a mild heart attack three years prior.

"My doctor told me I really needed to lose some weight," he said.

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Gloria Gayle can empathize with people trying to lose weight.

As a member of TOPS CA 1743 in Beaumont, Gayle, now 68, joined the international weight loss organization in August 1991 with a goal of losing 17 pounds.

TOPS stands for Take Off Pounds Sensibly.

It took four months to achieve that goal but it wasnt an easy feat, said Gayle, a Cherry Valley resident.

On Feb. 28, Gayle was honored by her chapter for being a 20-year KOPS, which stands for Keep Off Pounds Sensibly. Members who become KOPS have to maintain their weight within three pounds above and seven pounds below their goal.

The chapter, which meets on Tuesday evenings at Noble Creek Community Center, put together a surprise celebration for Gayle, said chapter leader Leila Weeks.

The weight recorder, Beverly Riniker, notified Gayles family about three weeks prior to the event. An arch was decorated with lights and flowers were donated by Cherry Valley Nursery.

Our goal was to make a garden-like setting, said Weeks.

Attending the celebration was Gayles daughter Kristy Cummings, of Beaumont, and two of her seven grandchildren. Her husband of 50 years, Troyce Gayle, didnt attend.

The chapter printed invitations and created a poster banner that said Congratulations Gloria. They also served punch and created a collage of pictures of Gayle during her 20 years as a KOPS.

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by Patti Neighmond, National Public Radio

March 12, 2012

Here's another good reason to lose weight: It might benefit your friends, family and co-workers. Such altruism might be just the final "nudge" some of us need.

Researchers are finding that the friends and family of obese and overweight individuals who lose weight lost weight themselves, and sometimes a lot of it. Dr. John Morton, who directs Bariatric Surgery at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, calls obesity a "family disease."

"We all gather around the table to enjoy a meal together and we learn lessons when we do that," Morton says. "Just like you impart morals to your sons and daughters, you can do the same thing around the dinner table as well and it can be good or bad; we see that all the time."

In fact, studies have shown that friends and family tend to gain weight together, in large part because they share similar eating and exercise habits. But over the years, Morton picked up another trend among his patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery, and their families. The obese and overweight sons, daughters and spouses of his patients lost weight, too.

So Morton decided to do a formal study and track families of 35 patients who had gastric bypass. One year after the surgery, he found that indeed, other overweight and obese family members lost weight, between 8 and 45 pounds.

"This was noteworthy in that these patients were able to accomplish that just by coming to the same visits that the bariatric surgery patient did," he says.

The so-called "halo effect" has been shown among people who drink alcohol and people who smoke, as well as those who gain weight. But now, Morton showed a positive halo effect losing weight.

"I think most of the family members who came wanted to help out their spouse, Dad, whoever it might be," he says. "They wanted to support them and they supported them by making healthy food choices, by exercising together."

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Studies show that friends and family gain weight and lose weight together.

Studies show that friends and family gain weight and lose weight together.

Here's another good reason to lose weight: It might benefit your friends, family and co-workers. Such altruism might be just the final "nudge" some of us need.

Researchers are finding that the friends and family of obese and overweight individuals who lose weight lost weight themselves, and sometimes a lot of it. Dr. John Morton, who directs Bariatric Surgery at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, calls obesity a "family disease."

"We all gather around the table to enjoy a meal together and we learn lessons when we do that," Morton says. "Just like you impart morals to your sons and daughters, you can do the same thing around the dinner table as well and it can be good or bad; we see that all the time."

In fact, studies have shown that friends and family tend to gain weight together, in large part because they share similar eating and exercise habits. But over the years, Morton picked up another trend among his patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery, and their families. The obese and overweight sons, daughters and spouses of his patients lost weight, too.

So Morton decided to do a formal study and track families of 35 patients who had gastric bypass. One year after the surgery, he found that indeed, other overweight and obese family members lost weight, between 8 and 45 pounds.

"This was noteworthy in that these patients were able to accomplish that just by coming to the same visits that the bariatric surgery patient did," he says.

The so-called "halo effect" has been shown among people who drink alcohol and people who smoke, as well as those who gain weight. But now, Morton showed a positive halo effect losing weight.

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Washington, Mar 9 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have suggested that ordinary fat cells can be reengineered to burn calories.

While investigating how a common drug given to people with diabetes works in mice, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) discovered that a protein called PRDM16, found in both men and mice, can throw a switch on fat cells, converting them from ordinary calorie-storing white fat cells into calorie-burning brown fat cells.

This discovery makes PRDM16 a possible target for future obesity drugs. Compounds that promote the action of this protein may help people burn calories faster.

Though they would have to prove safe and effective in the clinic, such compounds would represent a completely different approach to weight loss. Existing diet drugs aim to restrict the intake of calories - by blocking the absorption of fat in the gut, for instance, or by decreasing appetite.

"If you think about the energy balance, the other way to tackle obesity is through energy expenditure," Shingo Kajimura, the study leader, said.

Scientists believe that brown fat originally evolved in early mammals as a defense against the cold. It helps them maintain their body temperature and thrive in the face of challenging environmental extremes. Not all animals share this ability.

Many animals, like lizards, are "cold blooded" or exothermic. They maintain their body temperature through completely external means, sunbathing at certain times of the day and huddling in warm, protective places at night.

This naturally limits their range and explains why lizards, so abundant in tropical climates, are far rarer in cold climates.

"Warm-blooded" mammals, on the other hand, are endothermic. They produce heat internally by a variety of means: shivering, sweating and regulating the size of their blood vessels. Brown fat also contributes by burning fatty acids, which heats the blood coursing nearby, and in turn warms the body.

Though scientists once thought new brown fat was only made in babies, we now know that the human body is capable of creating new brown fat cells throughout life.

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By MONICA DRAKE - monica.drake@oakpress.com; Twitter: @monica_adele

H.A. Sun Heating & Cooling employees Charolette Salo and Jeff Klueger are pictured after their company-wide Biggest Loser weigh-in.

When Oklahoma City was named one of the fattest cities in America, Mayor Mick Cornett challenged residents to lose weight as a city and, as a result, they lost a combined one million pounds.

Henry Abrams, owner of H.A. Sun Heating & Cooling in Bloomfield Hills, has announced a similar challenge for Oakland County businesses.

My goal and end result on a larger scale would be to lower insurance premiums by having people losing weight and being more conscious of what they're eating, Abrams said.

Abrams is hosting an eight-week contest within his own company based on the NBC show The Biggest Loser. Nineteen of Sun Heatings 50 employees have signed up to lose a collective 400 pounds.

The group collectively weighed in at 4,260.9 pounds at the beginning of the contest last month.

The first-place winner will receive $500 and the second place winner will receive $250. Employees will be judged based on percent of body weight lost, not total number of pounds.

The current first-place winner at the fifth weigh-in is Roberta Gorevitz. Second place is Eric McMullen and third place is Charlotte Salo. Abrams said the first-place winner has, so far, lost 10 percent of her body weight. As of last week, the group collectively lost 120 pounds.

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UpdatedMar 7, 2012 4:15 PM ET

Amar'e Stoudemire began a weight-loss program 10 days ago in an attempt to shed 15 pounds, and the results were evident Tuesday night.

The Knicks forward told the New York Post he has already dropped about 10 pounds in 10 days, getting down to 250 pounds from 260. Stoudemire said the goal is to get to 245 pounds.

He looked quicker and more explosive Tuesday, racking up 26 points and seven rebounds and hitting 10 of 18 shots. Stoudemire was the lone starter to play with the second unit that staged a fourth-quarter comeback in the 95-85 loss to the Mavericks.

Stoudemire came to camp bulked up and appeared slower to the rim, prompting the medical staff to decide on implementing a weight-loss program.

"Sometimes you have to understand what it takes to get better," Stoudemire said. "I had an offseason where I picked up a lot of muscle. Ten pounds of muscle. Now I'm going to get back to my normal self of attacking the rim."

Stoudemire blamed a back injury suffered during last spring's playoff loss to Boston and the ensuing six months of rehab for putting him out of rhythm.

He credited his high metabolism with helping him drop the weight quickly, adding, "I changed eating habits and am doing wind sprints after practice."

The 29-year-old is averaging 17 points per game this season, down more than six from last year, and he failed to make the All-Star team for the first time since 2006 when he was injured.

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