Q&A: The Link Between Body Weight and Cancer
Carrying extra body fat increases your cancer risk, but you can take steps to reduce it.
Category: Weight Loss
How Much Will Bariatric Surgery Cost?
Ask your insurer these questions if you’re interested in a weight-loss procedure.
3 Steps to Quit Dieting for Good
Learn how to eat the foods you enjoy and get healthy.
Read This if You’re Concerned About Your Child’s Weight
The messages we give children about bodies can stick with them for a lifetime.
5 Tips to Prepare for Life After Weight-Loss Surgery
Start making changes ahead of your surgery to help ensure success.
My Drink Has How Much Sugar?!
Hidden liquid calories could be affecting your weight.
What Type of Weight-Loss Surgery Is Right for You?
Sleeve, bypass or switch? Bariatric surgery options demystified.
Would you eat that doughnut if you knew you had to walk two miles t...
A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will examine whether adding the amount of walking it takes to burn off the calories in food items will lead consumers to make healthier choices.
Many older emergency department patients are malnourished
More than half of emergency department patients age 65 and older who were seen at UNC Hospitals during an 8-week period were either malnourished or at risk for malnutrition.
New Bariatric Procedure Has Promise
Post by Lindsey Sharp, M.D. of Rex Bariatric Specialists. Dr. Sharp was recently selected as the new Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery services at Rex Healthcare and he is excited to further expand the Excellence in Bariatric care at Rex Hospital. I recently attended a course at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio about an investigational new…