Benacquista Galleries,Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BAQG) announced today the launch of the TolmanDiet and Wellness Center. Benacquista President Jim Price stated, “We are pleased to announce thepre-launch of The Tolman Diet and Wellness Center,http://www.thetolmandiet.com. As a companion to the Farmacist DeskReference, Don Tolman is writing the Tolman Diet Book which Benacquistawill publish. [click link for full article]

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The Mount Sinai Medical Center has been named a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS). This new designation recognizes the safety, efficiency and overall positive surgical results of the bariatric surgical team at Mount Sinai. The hospital has satisfactorily met the high standards set forth by the ASBS to be acknowledged for its excellence in bariatric surgery.Obesity is a serious epidemic in America. [click link for full article]

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A girl in her teens who is obese has a much greater chance of dying during middle age than a teenage girl of normal weight, according to researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health. With childhood obesity in many parts of the world on the increase, in years to come we could see life-expectancy coming down. In much of the developed world, and some parts of the developing world, teenage obesity is growing at an alarming rate. In the USA 15.5% of teenagers are overweight. [click link for full article]

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With the rate of childhoodobesity and Type II diabetes on the rise, and physical activity on adownward spiral, a nurse of 20 years, Carleen Varga, R.N., MSN is proud tointroduce Illinois’ first health club JUST for Kids … “Fitwize 4 Kids.”The club is located at 140 C South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL. Fitwize 4 Kids takes a unique approach towards fitness. It combinesfitness and fun. [click link for full article]

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Four key congressional leaders,along with top health care and business officials have created an agendathat will focus on community health education and obesity prevention forSouthern California minority communities. This plan was created frommeetings at a historic health summit of top thought-leaders, entitledEmpowering Local Community, Informing National Policy Makers: A New Agendato Address Health Disparities Conference in Los Angeles on Friday, July7th. [click link for full article]

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The weight loss medicationsibutramine, when combined with behavior therapy, allowed hundreds of veryobese adolescents to lose an average of 14 pounds over a year, according toa multicenter study in the July 18 Annals of Internal Medicine. Adolescentsin the study who received placebo (a sugar pill) gained four pounds overthe year. [click link for full article]

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Extremely obese patients who undergo gastric bypass procedures may have fewer complications, a greater reduction in obesity-related diseases, more weight loss and a higher level of satisfaction than those who have gastric banding procedures, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. [click link for full article]

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Couch potatoes who start exercising in later life can still significantly cut their chances of developing coronary artery disease, suggests a small study published ahead of print in Heart.The authors base their findings on 312 adults between the ages of 40 and 68 who had confirmed coronary artery disease and 479 volunteers matched for age and sex. [click link for full article]

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Mice bred without the enzyme MKP-1 are resistant to weight gain despite consuming high fat foods and eating more than control mice, according to a research study published online in Cell Metabolism. “The results from this study give us new molecular clues into how metabolic homeostasis is regulated and the possibility of new therapeutic avenues to specifically combat obesity,” said the senior author, Anton Bennett, associate professor,Department of Pharmacology. [click link for full article]

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The weight loss medication sibutramine, when combined with behavior therapy, allowed hundreds of very obese adolescents to lose an average of 14 pounds over a year, according to a multicenter study in the July 18 Annals of Internal Medicine. Adolescents in the study who received placebo (a sugar pill) gained four pounds over the year.In addition to reductions in body mass index and weight, the treated adolescents had improvements in disease risk factors associated with obesity. [click link for full article]

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