Tag: weight loss
-
WDRB: 2 sides of Ozempic include weight loss success and health nightmares in Kentucky
For some, the weight loss drug Ozempic “is life-changing,” but for others, ‘it’s a nightmare,” Valerie Chinn reports for WDRB. Lucinda Mason, a Mt. Washington resident who has lost 100...
-
Have your New Year’s resolutions already failed? Here are tips to get back on track
Kentucky Health News Many people ring in the new year with good intentions, striving to make it better than the previous year — until they give up on their goals....
-
Study looks at benefits and risks to popular weight-loss drugs; Kentucky leads nation in use of them
By Melissa Patrick and Liberty Gilbert Kentucky Health News Whether it is prescribed for diabetes or weight loss, Ozempic and other weight loss drugs have found their home in Kentucky,...
-
What to know before considering weight loss surgery
By Dr. Joshua P. Steiner University Of Kentucky It’s a new year, which means it is time once again to make those New Year’s resolutions. Resolving to lose weight and...
-
Why some people don’t lose weight with Wegovy
By Simon Cork The Conversation Clinical trials have shown that people using weight-loss jabs, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, lose anywhere between 16% and 21% of their body weight. But...
-
Is sugar our nutritional enemy? New book claims it is
For about a decade as the century started, more and more Americans appeared to obey the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s advice to eat less sugar. But that trend of improvement...
-
Student loses 175 lbs. in 14 months after gastric-sleeve surgery
Elizabeth Whitt and Don McNay Elizabeth Whitt, an Eastern Kentucky University communications major from Richmond, Ky., decided to have gastric sleeve weight loss surgery when she was 19, and now,...
-
Humana plan members can join Weight Watchers free for six months, get ‘a significant discount thereafter,’ companies say
Humana Inc. and Weight Watchers International Inc. are teaming up to help employers attack the rising level of obesity and its health-related impacts. Employees in Humana-managed, employer-sponsored health plans now...
-
Most overweight diabetics don’t know how much to exercise for weight loss, and they don’t exercise enough
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many overweight people with diabetes don’t exercise enough for weight loss, and they also don’t have a clear understanding of the recommended amount of...
-
To lose weight, burn more calories than you consume; you need to exercise more and eat less
As many can attest, just dieting or just exercising does not always lead to weight loss, and this often leads to frustration, especially in a society where more than one-third...