Though slow, consistent weight loss is healthiest, it's not uncommon for people to want to shed pounds quickly. We also have a food service business, TrueNorth Kitchen, where local people can obtain food. This improves local compliance of our patients who happen to live in close proximity to the Center. We have a wonderful chef, Ramses Bravo, who is the author of a cookbook, Bravo!. He does a great job, both in terms of health education as well as food preparation, and has a great staff. It is a great fringe benefit for the 39 people who work for TrueNorth Health Center, the 11 clinicians and 28 general staff, because they are able to get their meals at TrueNorth Health, and that tends to be seen as a very positive benefit of working here.
Since one out of every three Americans is obese, and another third are overweight (and likely to have at least one of the other risk factors that go with excess weight), that could qualify close to two thirds of Americans for the new drug. That's big news for ARNA, a division of Arena Pharmaceuticals , maker of lorcaserin. And also for Vivus , maker of Qnexa, which is likely to get a bump in confidence from the FDA's action.
The next time you're staring into the fridge waiting for the perfect snack to jump out at you, try going for an apple first. Fruits in general are high in fiber and nutrients, and eating a few servings every day can help you lose weight, according to a study done by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Researchers found that people who ate at least one apple a day lost more weight than those who skipped fruit.
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