Check out this week’s WLS News to learn the effect our nation’s obesity epidemic could have on health care costs by the year 2018. Doctors are doing the math and the answer isn’t pretty. Plus, we’ll tell you how men can reduce their risk of prostate cancer, and explain the link between obesity in women and a condition that precedes esophageal cancer. We’ll also have you rootin’ for a team of weight loss surgery patients who are participating in an upcoming Las Vegas marathon.

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Watch this week’s WLS News to hear an encouraging report about 50 obese teenagers who underwent Lap-Band surgery–and how their lives have changed. We’ll also tell you how probiotics can affect weight loss, share details about a possible link between teenage obesity and multiple sclerosis, and explain what a new coalition is doing to persuade Congress to provide affordable health care to the morbidly obese. All that and more on this week’s WLS News. Read the full story

Watch this week’s WLS News to find out what effect obesity has on cancer rates, learn about the link between chronic stress and comfort food, and discover what researchers have to say about the high number of people who have been hospitalized for swine flu … and are also obese.  Plus, learn about new efforts in Asia to prevent diabetes– starting with children in infancy. All of these stories and a quick trip to the World Wide Web are in this week’s report. Read the full story

Watch this week’s WLS News for details on a report showing massive cutbacks in school fitness programs. Also, learn more about how some obese people are at a high risk for septic shock, find out how a new drug designed for diabetics is helping people with weight loss, and discover how a high-fat diet can shut down the hormone that regulates hunger. Plus, see what a study out of Yale University says about all those sugary breakfast cereals for kids. Read the full story

View this week’s WLS News to learn how pistachios may curb hunger; see how a high-fat diet among pregnant women can be bad for a baby’s liver; and discover how researchers are tackling diabetes and obesity by studying a hunger hormone. Also, learn the latest about a recent survey showing that some obese children don’t want weight loss surgery, even if it would benefit their health. And, get the details on a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition indicating that willpower is a brain function we can actually measure. Read the full story

This week on WLS News, learn about a new program creating health awareness for students, and find out why carbs might not be so bad after all – and how they can even help burn fat. Plus, discover how where you live can play a part in your health, get the details on a new survey indicating that many pregnant women who are obese don’t even know it, and see why one insurance company changed its policy about providing coverage to overweight babies. Read the full story

Check out this week’s WLS News to learn about a new obesity drug performing well in clinical trials, find out what junk food manufacturers are doing to promote weight loss, and get important details about the negative effects of a high-fat diet on the muscles. Plus, learn about the connection between obesity and asthma among women, and discover what a recent study shows about the link between obesity and some forms of mental illness. Read the full story

Tune into this week’s WLS News to get the latest on the long-term health risk for obese middle-aged women, learn about new study that shows how a bad diet can affect the genes that help burn fat, and discover the connection between obesity and joint problems. Plus, find out about a Japanese study that linked weight loss to self-awareness. And, see what Arizona is doing to promote healthy eating through its state food assistance program. Read the full story