Obesity and Your Pet: a Natural Approach
Tags: OBESITY in animals; PETS; OBESITY -- Treatment; WEIGHT loss
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- New weight-loss drug. // FDA Consumer;Jul/Aug96, Vol. 30 Issue 6, p4
Reports on a prescription drug called Redux that can be used for weight loss longer than previous anti-obesity products. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the drug on April 29, 1996; Types of patients targeted for the drug; Results of a clinical study on the drug's effectiveness.
- Clinical Guidelines: Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity... // Family Economics & Nutrition Review;1999, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p59
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- Free to Lose. Foreyt, J.P.; Goodrick, G.K. // Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology;Sep1994, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p337
Summarizes the 1993 study `Response of Free-Living Adults to Behavioral Treatment of Obesity: Attrition and Compliance to Exercise,' by J.P. Foreyt, G.K. Goodrick and others, which appeared in `Behavior Therapy.' Efficacy of weight loss behavioral treatment on overweight free-living...
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- Which weight for weight-based dosage regimens in obese patients? Erstad, Brian L. // American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy;11/1/2002, Vol. 59 Issue 21, p2105
Examines the rationale for using a weight other than total body weight for weight-based medication calculations in adult obese patients. Review of terminologies related to weight-based dosage regimens; Rationale for common dosing equations; Effects of obesity on organ function and protein...
- Health-care professionals attack obesity here. Parish, Linn // Journal of Business (10756124);4/24/2003, Vol. 18 Issue 9, pB5
Focuses that a team of health-care professionals from Spokane, Washington, has developed an obesity treatment method they hope would help obese people lose weight and curb their chances of suffering chronic diseases related to excessive weight gain. Results of a 2000 obesity survey conducted by...
- Lose weight for good. Sullivan, Andrea D. // Essence (Essence);Jul98, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p32
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