Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney stands poised to score a victory that has eluded more than 40 U.S. public officials who took on the powerful U.S. soda industry, if the city council votes on Thursday as expected to slap a tax on sweetened drinks. After a bitter, months-long battle, the city council will vote on a proposed 1.5 cent-per-ounce tax on sugary and diet drinks. The City of Brotherly Love would be the biggest U.S. city to have such a tax.

Title: 5 Diet Drugs: Which Ones Work?
Category: Health News
Created: 6/14/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 6/15/2016 12:00:00 AM

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – A large weight loss, even if regained, may help overweight people with type 2 diabetes improve their blood sugar control and cholesterol and lower high blood pressure long-term, a new study suggests. Over four years, even those who regained all of a large weight loss had greater improvements in blood sugar than their counterparts who lost no weight or initially lost a smaller amount. “Since many people lose weight and regain some (or all) of it, it is important to know whether this pattern leads to better or worse outcomes than never losing weight,” said coauthor Rena Wing, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.