An Experimental Obesity Pill Mimics Gastric Bypass Surgery
The drug is based on research conducted at MIT by Giovanni Traverso, a gastroenterologist and…
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Breakthrough Prizes Awarded to Obesity-Drug Pioneers and Large Hadron Collider Physicists
Obesity-Drug Pioneers and Large Hadron Collider Physicists win $3-Million Breakthrough Prizes Advances recognized by science’s…
BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation
Amid the rising buzz around Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs, a group of 58 researchers…
A new definition of obesity could help treat millions of people
Measuring body fat more carefully could help treat obesityHalfpoint/Getty Images Rethinking the way we define…
Why US obesity rates fell for the first time in decades
Obesity rates in the US have begun fallingEvgeniya Pavlova/Getty Images For decades, rates of obesity…
US Adult Obesity Rates Show First Decline in Over a Decade
In a remarkable shift from long-standing trends, new research reveals that US adult obesity rates…
Obesity-Drug Pioneers Win Prestigious Lasker Award for Medical Science
September 19, 20244 min readObesity-Drug Pioneers Win Prestigious Lasker Award for Medical ScienceThree scientists are…
Should weight loss drugs be used to treat obesity in children?
Semaglutide is an injectable weight loss medication sold under the name WegovyMichael Siluk / Alamy…
Pre-Ozempic Obesity Drugs: Effective and Budget-Friendly
April 26, 2024 – Before there was Ozempic, Wegovy, or Zepbound, there were cost-friendly, safe, and…
1 in 8 people worldwide has obesity
Obesity rates are rising around the worldShutterstock/Rostislav_Sedlacek More than a billion people worldwide – or…