Because there are people who are taking advantage of those who are dying to lose weight. One home based service doing a weight loss scam has just been caught in Englewood.
A Union City woman, Gloria Villafane, 43, used her sister’s Charles Street garage to inject customers with a mixture of expired medication and herbs in their stomachs, hips and thighs, said Deputy Chief Arthur O’Keefe.
Villafane was arrested Thursday and charged with third degree practicing medicine without an official license.
Police found empty vials, two tables and a waiting room with magazines in the oversized detached garage, O’Keefe said. Health department officials informed police that the mixture of herbs and medicine is commonly advertised in South America as a way to burn fat, he said. The exact medication used has yet to be determined, O’Keefe.- NorthJersey
No matter how desperate you are to get rid of the bulge, don’t risk your money and life on suspicious clinics. Know if you are getting scammed by checking out the ads of the clinic. If it’s promising anything like “a secret formula to weight loss,” “a miraculous way to burn fat”, or something to that effect, most likely, it’s a weight loss scam. Nothing, not even any FDA-approved weight loss pill can guarantee that you lose weight through any easy way.
About.com and ScamWatch show more ways to find out if you are about to get scammed by those weight loss ads.
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Sanofi-aventis’ Acomplia or Zimulti was reported to induce suicidal thoughts on those who take the weight loss pill. Although it’s already marketing in more than 37 countries, this has made many US health advisers to stop prescribing Acomplia. FDA required further safety info to be presented before this diet pill which is also known as rimonabant gets its okay.
The FDA panel said the incidence of suicidal thoughts, seizures and adverse psychiatric and neurological events were “consistently higher†in people taking the drug.
The drug works by blocking chemical processes in the brain, which results in reduced appetite and acts on the liver to help the body burn more fat. According to its manufacturer, Sanofi-aventis, the most common adverse effects associated with Acomplia include psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression.
The drug is being tested in several centres around the world, including Royal Perth Hospital, and the Therapeutic Goods Administration is due to consider approving it at its next meeting on June 26-28.
However, Gerald Watts, a medicine professor of Royal Perth Hospital (one of the Acomplia testing centers) mentioned that FDA’s safety concerns regarding Acomplia related to a marginal suicide and depression risk in people with previously identified risk factors for those conditions, who were excluded from the testing.
What else could be expected from weight loss drugs? Their effects are mainly on the brain so any slight risk may get aggravated. But as long as there are people who are willing to take these risks Acomplia, together with other diet pills having psychiatric effects will continue making money for their manufacturers.
via TheWest
Tags: acomplia, zimulti, suicidal, diet pill, side effects
As a marketing tool, GlaxoSmithKline decided to release a diet book that will help people understand more how Alli works, the first OTC drug for weight management . The 152-page book is entitled “Are You Losing It?” Losing Weight without Losing Your Mind.
The book gives detailed information about how the drug works and what the side effects are. The book advises those on Alli to start the drug when they are away from work and to perhaps bring a change of clothes.
Aside from the education about how Alli works, Are You Losing It’s content include why people experience difficulty in losing weight and how to overcome it; crash dieting and metabolism info, motivation to eat healthier, manage cravings and increase physical activity.
Here is a forum discussion about the Alli diet book.
via KDKA
Tags: Alli, weight loss book, diet book
Blame it on the greasy Chinese food, which I so love myself!, and lack of weight management education, the Chinese population is one of the worst in the world when it comes the rate of obese people, especially kids. Government health survey showed the alarming increase of obesity in the Chinese community due to the abovementioned reasons.
In view of this, starting on September, dance classes will be required to be performed by primary to secondary students during breaks or extracurricular time.
This weight management practice will complement the plan of Xinhua New Agency to use physical fitness results to affect the qualifications of a student to enter the top universities of China.
Whatever happened to kung fu?
via AP
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Tags: China, obese kids, weight management, dance class
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