by Mr Ahmed Hamouda | Aug 23, 2016 | Weight Loss
“We are at a tipping point. The scientific consensus and the mountain of evidence that have been built around the disease of obesity and its treatment cannot be ignored,” The declaration of the American Medical Association (AMA) earlier this week, voting obesity as a...
by Mr Ahmed Hamouda | Aug 23, 2016 | Weight Loss
A health insurer in the US has given its customers the choice of exercising or facing a 20% increase in their premiums. While this can be seen as “coercion” or “arm twisting”, it could also denote the general direction of travel for the health...
by Mr Ahmed Hamouda | Aug 23, 2016 | Weight Loss
I am sometimes surprised by the number of negative articles and tales of horror about weight loss surgery that can be found on the internet. I accept there is a point to some of the articles published relating to loose skin following surgery or youngsters as old as 13...
by Mr Ahmed Hamouda | Aug 23, 2016 | Weight Loss
Ever-growing waistlines could result in a big increase in the number of people who develop dementia in the future, researchers have warned. Previous studies have shown that being overweight in middle age increases the odds of developing the mental disorder. Nobody...
by Mr Ahmed Hamouda | Aug 23, 2016 | Weight Loss
At an annual conference, data comparing international trends for weight loss surgery revealed that the three most popular operations were gastric bypass, sleeve and band. However, gastric band procedures were decreasing in popularity in favour of sleeve gastrectomy...
