14 Terms
Contributors in Weight loss
Weight loss
gallbladder
Fitness; Weight loss
A pear-shaped organ just below the liver that stores the bile secreted by the liver. During a fatty meal, the gallbladder contracts, delivering the bile through the bile ducts into the intestines to ...
gastric bypass
Fitness; Weight loss
A type of obesity surgery that reduces the amount of food that can be eaten and absorbed by the body. Gastric bypass involves sealing off a portion of the stomach and bypassing part of the small ...
gastric banding
Fitness; Weight loss
In this procedure, a band made of special material is placed around the stomach near its upper end, creating a small pouch and a narrow passage into the larger remainder of the stomach. Has ...
garlic
Fitness; Weight loss
A perennial herb of the lily family cultivated for its pungent, edible bulbs. Garlic has been used with the intention of lowering blood pressure and cholesterol.
gallstones
Fitness; Weight loss
Stones that form when substances in the bile harden. Gallstones can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball. There can be just one large stone, hundreds of tiny stones, or any ...
fortified food
Fitness; Weight loss
A food to which a nutrient or nutrients has been added to promote health and prevent disease. The nutrients added to fortified foods are not present in the original food or were present in smaller ...
