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Stomach-Zapping Procedure Lowers Appetite to Help With Weight Loss
THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 – An experimental procedure could reduce levels of a hunger-triggering hormone by burning part of a person’s stomach lining, a new study reports. In the procedure, doctors s...
More Data Suggests 'Ultraprocessed' Foods Can Shorten Your Life
THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 – People who eat large amounts of ultra-processed foods have a slightly higher risk of premature death than those who mostly shun the industrially produced eats, a new 30-year...
Bariatric Surgery Tied to Higher Short-Term Risk for Venous Thromboembolism
THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 – In the short term, bariatric surgery is associated with a greater risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), but in the long-term, it is associated with lower risk, according to...
Excess Gestational Weight Gain Common in Military Health Beneficiaries
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 – Military health beneficiaries, especially active-duty personnel, more often have excessive gestational weight gain (GWG), according to a study published in the May issue of...
About 90% of U.S. Adults Are On the Way to Heart Disease
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 – Nine of 10 American adults are in the early, middle or late stages of a syndrome that leads to heart disease, a new report finds, and almost 10% have the disease already....
MRE-Liver Stiffness Measure Better for Varices in NAFLD Cirrhosis
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 – For patients with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) compensated cirrhosis (CC), liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by magnetic resonance elastography (MRE)...
Time-Restricted Eating + High-Intensity Training Aids Women With Obesity, Inactivity
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 – Combining time-restricted eating (TRE) with high-intensity functional training (HIFT) may have superior effects on body composition, lipid profile, and glucose regulation...
New School Lunch Rules Target Added Sugars, Salt
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 – School lunches will soon contain less added sugars and salt under new nutrition standards announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday. “We all share the g...
New Rules Mean 3.6 Million Americans Could Get Wegovy Via Medicare, Costing Billions
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 – A budget-busting 3.6 million Medicare recipients could now be eligible for coverage of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, a new KFF analysis says. That’s because the U.S. Food a...
ACP: Time-Restricted Eating May Not Aid Weight Loss, Glycemic Measures
TUESDAY, April 23, 2024 – Time-restricted eating (TRE) is not associated with weight loss or glycemic improvements compared with a usual eating pattern (UEP) when calories are held constant in both...
Even With Weight Gain, Quitting Smoking in Pregnancy Still Best for Health
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 – Women who smoke and become pregnant may worry that the weight gain that comes with quitting might bring its own harms to themselves or their baby. However, a new study...
Calories, Not Meal Timing, Key to Weight Loss: Study
FRIDAY, April 19, 2024 – A head-to-head trial of obese, pre-diabetic people who ate the same amount of daily calories – with one group following a fasting schedule and the other eating freely --...
Eli Lilly Says Zepbound Can Ease Obstructive Sleep Apnea
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 – Eli Lilly announced Wednesday that in two company trials, Zepbound was found to ease sleep apnea in adults with obesity. First approved to treat obesity by the U.S. Food...
Teens Often Bullied Online About Their Weight: Study
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – Teenagers are frequently bullied about their weight on social media, and the bullying increases with each hour they spend on these sites, a new study reveals. Nearly one...
Weight-Related Bullying Increases With More Screen Time, Social Media Use
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – Among an international sample of adolescents, there is an association of increased screen time hours and social media use with weight-related bullying, according to a...
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