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Galway received a jobs boost yesterday when it was announced that ZELTIQ Aesthetics, Inc. a medical technology company focused on developing and commercialising products utilizing its proprietary controlled-cooling technology, is to establish a European manufacturing facility in the city, which is expected to create about 60 jobs over the next 18 months.

A new weight management programme being run by the heart and stroke charity Croi will feature regular lifestyle screening.

What’s in a label? The answer nutritionists and dietitians might give is your health, your waistband and the length of your life! Alarming statistics published in May 2014 indicate that a quarter of us are obese while 66% of Irish men and 51% of Irish women are above their recommended weight. Weight loss and health experts - Motivation Weight Management - believe that a contributing factor to the obesity epidemic in this country is a lack of education and confusion surrounding nutritional labels.

Dietitians from the heart and stroke charity Croí have advised people keen to lose weight after the festive season that weight management is not about “good” or “bad” foods; celebrity or crash diets; or sudden and unsustainable weight loss.

Weight management is one of the key steps on the road to a healthy you, says local heart and stroke Charity Croí, who are just announcing details of their next series of six week (one hour per week) weight management programmes which take place in the Croí Heart and Stroke Centre, Newcastle, Galway and at select venues throughout the west of Ireland. The Croí programme is delivered by highly qualified dietitians and each participant is encouraged to keep a food diary and participate in weekly weigh-ins where they receive on-going advice and motivation.

Canadian obesity expert Dr Maurice Larocque says the latest research shows why current treatments in obesity are failing, and that a totally different approach needs to be taken for the overweight and obese.

It is mid-January, the waistline is giving the tell-tale signs of the festive over-indulgences, and you’re thinking it is about time to do something about it. Where to start? Well, if you are looking for expert advice as well as the key ingredient of easy-to-follow food programmes then the Motivation Weight Management clinics in Galway city and Tuam are a good place to begin the journey to a healthier slimmer new you.

Margaret Fahy, owner and qualified counsellor of LighterLife Mayo, has helped the people of Mayo and surrounding counties shed weight since she opened her practice a year and a half ago.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD this week officially opened the new Motivation Weight Management Clinic in Castlebar. Motivation Weight Management Clinics has a unique approach to weight management by looking at why we eat what we eat. The Taoiseach was joined by Robin and Imelda Smith, owners of the Mayo clinic and both former clients of Motivation Weight Management Clinics who collectively lost six stone.