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Bariatric Surgery Complications Increase With Initial Body Mass Index

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 – The higher a person’s body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher rates of emergency department visits and r...

Degree of Weight Loss Affects Tirzepatide-Linked Cardiometabolic Risk Improvement

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 – For adults with obesity or overweight, tirzepatide-linked improvements in cardiometabolic risk factors are associated with the degree of weight reduction, according to a...

Body Fat Percentage Better Predictor of 15-Year Mortality Than BMI

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 – For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according to a study published online June 24 in the Annals...

Weighted Vests Do Not Prevent Weight Loss-Linked Bone Loss at Hip

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 – For older adults with obesity, neither weighted vest use nor resistance training (RT) mitigates weight loss (WL)-associated bone loss at the hip, according to a study...

Liraglutide May Reduce Migraine Burden in Adults With Obesity, Migraine

MONDAY, June 30, 2025 – For adults with obesity and migraine, liraglutide reduces migraine burden, with reductions in mean monthly headache days and Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) scores,...

Intermittent Fasting Reduces Body Weight Versus Ad Libitum Diet

MONDAY, June 30, 2025 – Intermittent-fasting strategies yield small reductions in body weight compared with an ad libitum diet, according to a study published online June 18 in The BMJ. Zhila...

Muscle Ultrasound Can Detect Insulin Resistance

MONDAY, June 30, 2025 – Muscle ultrasound can detect insulin resistance and lower muscle mass, according to a study published online June 12 in the Journal of Ultrasound Medicine. Steven B. Soliman,...

Body Fat Analysis, Waist Size Better Than BMI For Assessing Health

FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 — A person’s body fat percentage provides a better estimate of their risk for early death than their body mass index (BMI), a new study says. People with a high body-fat per...

Online Videos For Kids Rife With Junk Food Messaging

THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 — Kids watching YouTube videos are being hammered with messages promoting junk food like candy, sugary drinks, fast food and sweet or salty snacks, a new study says. About 75% ...

Fitness Trackers Aren't Accurate For People With Obesity

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 — Fitness trackers aren’t accurately assessing the physical activity of people with obesity, a new study argues. Differences in walking gait, speed, energy burn and other fac...

ADA: Weight Loss, Type 2 Diabetes Remission Up With Replacing Diet Drinks With Water

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 – For adult women with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), replacing diet beverages (DBs) with water is associated with greater weight loss and T2D remission,...

Monthly Obesity Shot, MariTide, Shows Big Weight Loss in Trial

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 — Alternatives to weekly injections of weight-loss drugs may on the way. A monthly dose of a new drug called MariTide helped participants in a phase 2 clinical trial shed a...

Rival GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drug, Ecnoglutide, Emerges From China

TUESDAY, June 24, 2025 — A new Chinese-developed GLP-1 weight loss drug could prove a new competitor to blockbuster drugs Ozempic/Wegovy and Zepbound, clinical trial results show. Ecnoglutide helped p...

Studies Address Muscle Loss Caused By GLP-1 Drugs, such as Ozempic and Zepbound

TUESDAY, June 24, 2025 — GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound are great at promoting weight loss, but they also cause folks to lose muscle along with fat. Experts are now turning their attention t...

Weighted Vests Don't Protect Bone Health In Dieting Seniors, Trial Says

TUESDAY, June 24, 2025 — Weighted vests have been touted as a potential means of warding off osteoporosis while losing weight. The idea is that the extra weight will promote new bone growth even as p...

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