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Shares Go On Crash Diet At Top Weight-Loss Firms These are not the calmest of times for weight-loss leaders Weight Watchers International and NutriSystem. AT&T Expands Contract With LA Weight Loss Centers, Inc. AT&T Inc. today announced that LA Weight Loss Centers, Inc. has renewed and expanded its contract with AT&T for network and voice services. These services will allow LA Weight Loss to provide new, innovative tools, such as an e-commerce Web site, to assist its customers with its personalized weight-loss programs. Weight-loss alternative: New procedure isnt as restrictive as bypass surgery A patient trying to lose weight enters Dr. Michael Bono’s office in Hazleton and says she eats too much before feeling full. Bono pumps air through a tube beneath her skin, tightening a band that had been wrapped around her stomach during surgery to adjust her appetite. Calcium Lowers Cardiovascular Risk In People On A Weight Loss Program, Study Finds Researchers have discovered that taking calcium and vitamin D supplements while on a weight loss program lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease. Weight-loss products probably safe, just not effective Q You can barely turn on the radio or TV without hearing and advertisement for miracle weight-loss products. Do any of them work? Are they safe? I hate to diet. Can I lose weight by just running? — M.M.M., Ayden NutriSystem Needs To Start Gaining Weight Stephen DiMarco submits: Its good to see Dan Marino and Don Shula working together again, this time pitching weight loss programs for NutriSystem. Yet despite revenue growth of 166% last year, the stock has dipped 30% following a cloudy Q1 outlook from NutriSystem management. Get Healthy--Or Else In August, Joe Pellegrini got yet another nagging phone call. It was his health coach, a woman working on behalf of his employer, the $2.7 billion lawn-care company, Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. The 48-year-old executive knew the spiel by heart. Have you been to your doctor yet? When are you going? Then the prescription: You need to lose weight and you really, really need to lower your cholesterol. Wrestling with weight In a generation of fast food connoisseurs and video game fanatics, Kolten De Koker stands out as a striking example of personal discipline. De Koker, a senior wrestler at Chehalis High School, weighs 145 pounds eight months a year. Ahead of the Bell: NutriSystem Analysts hesitated Thursday on NutriSystem Inc., a provider of weight-loss products and services, after a robust fourth-quarter, but investors sent shares climbing in premarket action. State wont bear cost of Weight Watchers for Medicaid recipients Free Weight Watchers programs rolled out for state Medicaid beneficiaries will not cost the state extra money. The courses are being made available to some Medicaid recipients through UniCare, a managed care company. | ||