All Articles Tagged ‘obesity’
Monday, May 17th, 2010

CARLSBAD, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire/ — Jenny Craig, Inc., one of the nation’s leading authorities on weight management, announced today Jason Alexander has achieved his weight loss goal of 30 lbs.* The award-winning actor, who has starred in television, theater and film, celebrates his weight loss in a surprise song-and-dance musical national spot for > Read More
Tags: celebrity campaign, Celebrity Spokesperson, Jason Alexander, Jenny Craig, obesity, Valerie Bertinelli, weight loss
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Jets coach Rex Ryan has always been as big as his boasts, but he might not have the stomach for it anymore.
In an effort to fight his obesity, Ryan underwent weight-loss surgery Saturday at NYU Medical Center, the Daily News has learned.
A scheduled lap-band procedure was performed on Ryan, team spokesman Bruce Speight said Saturday > Read More
Tags: celebrity sport's campaign, Lap-Band, New York Jets, obesity, Rex Ryan, sports endorsements
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Singer Carnie Wilson, who underwent gastric bypass surgery in 1999 and lost half of her body weight, has become a case study in how the radical obesity treatment is far from fool-proof.
Wilson, 41, weighed 300 pounds before the surgery and lost 150 lbs. after the surgery. But contrary to conventional wisdom, the extreme obesity treatment > Read More
Tags: awareness campaign, Carnie Wilson, disease management, obesity, Wilson Phillips
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