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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...
Self-Esteem Scores Soar One Year After Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery
TUESDAY, June 24, 2025 – Self-esteem scores increase after metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), with greater improvement in scores for those with higher postoperative weight loss, according to a...
Trading Diet Sodas For Water Can Help Control Diabetes And Lose Weight
MONDAY, June 23, 2025 — Want to lose weight and reverse type 2 diabetes? Trade your diet soda for a tall glass of water, a new small-scale study argues. Women were more likely to drop pounds and see t...
ADA: Ecnoglutide Yields Superior, Sustained Reduction in Body Weight
MONDAY, June 23, 2025 – For adults with obesity or overweight without diabetes, the novel cyclic adenosine monophosphate-biased glucagon like peptide 1 receptor agonist, ecnoglutide, yields a...
Minor Complications Up for Black Patients After Weight-Loss Surgery
MONDAY, June 23, 2025 – Black patients have a higher incidence of minor complications after metabolic and bariatric surgery, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American...
Dementia Caregivers Have Modifiable Risk Factors Increasing Their Own Risk
FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 – Six in 10 dementia caregivers report having at least one modifiable risk factor that could increase their own chances of developing dementia, according to a report issued...
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