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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- The state has launched an investigation into Lap-Band surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign. Insurance giant Aetna says the California Department of Insurance is looking into allegations of fraud against its...

More than two years after their television debut on "The Biggest Loser," Wheaton's most famous "losers" are using their celebrity to inform and inspire others. Jerry and Estella Hayes lost a combined 260 pounds after their short run on the NBC reality...

Allegany Dental Care will hold its fifth annual food drive during the month of February. The staff will accept donations of nonperishable food items at its three locations. All food collected will be donated to Food Resources Inc. The locations are:...

It's every woman's dream: could chocolate, the substance that cures everything from PMS to heartbreak, also make you skinnier? If true, there's got to be a catch, right? Here's the skinny: Dr. Beatrice Golomb, associate professor of medicine at...

More than two years after their television debut on “The Biggest Loser,” Wheaton’s most famous “losers” are using their celebrity to inform and inspire others …...

With Fitbit's Wi-Fi-enabled Aria Smart Scale, users can instantly share their weight and BMI publicly online....

Most DuPage County adult residents report being happy, but more lack health care coverage and are dealing with diabetes compared to 2005, according to survey …...

Q: My 8-year-old son got a “fat” letter from school that said he was overweight for his height. He is a little chunky and I worry about his weight especially with all the news about childhood obesity. I try to give him healthy foods. I know he...

Here's Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on WTTW-Ch. 11's "Chicago Tonight" program yesterday discussing "Spring into Health," a new wellness initiative for county employees, Segment host Eddie Arruza: Let's start with that wellness program you...

Abby Allen is on a mission to lose weight--so far she's lost 40 pounds--it started as an office challenge with a day at the spa at stake--but then her company got involved and the grand prize grew to a vacation--airfare and hotel included. "Well, it's...

Despite all the talk about the nation's obesity epidemic, despite all the free weight-loss and fitness advice around, not one state in the country got thinner this year, according to an annual fat report released last week. Florida got fatter for the...