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A charity Zumba-thon held in Rhondda Cynon Taf raised £2,500 for three Welsh charities.Around 80 keep-fit fanatics took part in the three hour event at the Council’s Michael Sobell Sports Centre in Aberdare, led by Zumba instructor Linda Sheldon, a 54-year-old grandmother who has shed four stone in weight since taking over her daughter’s classes in January.Mrs Sheldon, who has    .. more …

By Rebecca Hardy Last When Pauline Quirke stood on the bathroom scales for the first time in years eight months ago, she thought they were broken so went out and bought another pair. But the reading was the same: 19st 6lb. ‘I’d watched a programme about sumo wrestlers a few days before which said one of them tipped the scales at 20 stone,’ she says. ‘I thought, “That’s a lot of weight.” ‘Then,    .. more …

Alpine Health Fitness are set to launch a brand new 12 week fitness, nutrition and weight loss programme in September that will appeal to anyone wanting to shape up for summer.The inspirational new programme named Revive, will focus on helping participants find the motivation to reach previously out of reach fitness goals through both one on one and team training sessions, accompanied by a strong    .. more …

Aug 29 2011 by Mark Smith, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News TWO Halton residents who shed a total of eight stone say a free weight loss programme changed their lives.The NHS’s free 10 week Fresh Start scheme aims to help people understand why exercise and healthy eating is important, and also includes cookery lessons to help those taking part rustle up some non-fattening meals on a budget.The    .. more …

A local weight-loss programme in which a participant died in January is back for a third round.The Health Promotion Board (HPB) said yesterday it will kick off a new edition of Lose To Win in January    .. more …

The rebranding is being handled by marketing agency 23red, with the fresh Atkins identity scheduled to launch in early 2012, supported by a ‘heavyweight’ integrated campaign.The brand has pushed its scientific credentials in its marketing strategy in the past, but has been hit by negative media coverage, questioning whether the Atkins diet works.Now the brand aims to develop a message that works    .. more …

At the hospital, doctors declared her condition to be critical. “The level of carbon dioxide in her blood was more than 90%, whereas the normal level is 40%. The level of oxygen was very low,” said Dr Kapil Salgia of Bombay Hospital. “We had to put her on ventilator. It took her three days to become stable.” For a time, the doctors thought of going ahead with the surgery before she had even    .. more …

At the hospital, doctors declared her condition to be critical. “The level of carbon dioxide in her blood was more than 90%, whereas the normal level is 40%. The level of oxygen was very low,” said Dr Kapil Salgia of Bombay Hospital. “We had to put her on ventilator. It took her three days to become stable.” For a time, the doctors thought of going ahead with the surgery before she had even    .. more …

The problem isn’t really with diets. It’s with a lack of guidance after your diet. Christopher Sciamanna, MD, discovered this the hard way. After losing 15kg, he described his new, lower weight as “shockingly challenging” to maintain.Luckily for him-and for the rest of us-Dr Sciamanna had the perfect job for learning how to deal with this challenge. He’s a physician and research scientist at Penn    .. more …

MOST overweight babies born in Ireland ‘s busiest maternity hospital have fat fathers. Previously, overweight mothers have been blamed for the rise in larger newborn babies.The numbers of obese women giving birth has doubled over the past 20 years at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital in Dublin. But doctors there have discovered there is also a direct link between the weight of the    .. more …