Obesity has victimized nearly one-third of Americans, of whom many are trying different methods to shed weight. Since those methods are not always useful in bringing expected results, we suggest opting for an effective diet plan to achieve their weight loss goal.

There are many choices and programs available to dieters. If you are overweight or obese, you may have tried some of these diets already. But which diets really work?

The New York Times' Nicholas Bakalar writes of a new study in The Laryngoscope linking obesity in teenagers to hearing loss. The study was written by a team of doctors from Columbia Univesity and NYU, combining otolaryngology (ENT, or "ear, nose and throat"), pediatrics and environmental medicine.

Which type of program is more effective for weight loss? A commercial program like Weight Watchers, or a medical weight loss clinic?

Dr. Adam G. Tsai, a physician and weight loss specialist at the University of Colorado in Denver, published the results of a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) study. The study compares the efficacy of a commercial weight loss program (Weight Watchers) with that of a “clinic-based intervention” (weight loss clinic).