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Weight Loss Boosts Long-Term Health of Kids With Obesity

TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 – Helping kids with obesity drop pounds can have a huge impact on their future health. When these children and teens lose weight, they are less likely to have type 2 diabetes,...

Weight Loss Boosts Long-Term Health of Kids With Obesity

TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 – Helping kids with obesity drop pounds can have a huge impact on their future health. When these children and teens lose weight, they are less likely to have type 2 diabetes,...

Diabetes Remission Increased With Dapagliflozin Plus Calorie Restriction

MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 – For patients with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes, dapagliflozin plus regular calorie restriction is associated with a significantly higher rate of remission of...

Calorie Labeling of Foods Leads to Small Reduction in Energy Selected

THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2025 – Calorie labeling of food leads to a small reduction in energy selected and consumed, according to a systematic review published online Jan. 17 in the Cochrane Database of...

Eating Right, Exercising Before Surgery Improves Outcomes

FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 – Patients can improve their odds for a successful surgery by actively preparing for the procedure through diet and exercise, a tactic called “prehabilitation,” a new evidence r...

Certain Meds and Diet Can Reverse Type 2 Diabetes

FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 – People can reverse their type 2 diabetes through a combination of calorie cutting and medication, a small clinical trial says. Overweight and obese adults caused their...

Nutrition Labels Only Slightly Effective in Cutting Calories

THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2025 – It's easy these days to see how many calories a cheeseburger will set you back, or how many added sugars are in a jar of pasta sauce. But nutrition labels haven't been as...

Fatty Muscles Increase Heart Disease Risk

THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2025 – A well-marbled steak is highly prized for grilling, but those sort of fat deposits in human muscles can be deadly, a new study says. People with pockets of fat hidden...

Several Factors Play Role in Semaglutide Initiation for Obesity Without Diabetes

THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2025 – Sociodemographic, health care, and clinical factors are associated with receipt of semaglutide in those with obesity but without diabetes, according to a study published...

Why Sparkling Water May (Or May Not) Help You Lose Weight

THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2025 — Chalk up a partial win for health influencers who tout the slimming benefits of sparkling waters. New research out of Japan affirms that carbonated water may, indeed, p...

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Tied to Risks and Benefits Beyond Weight Loss

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – For people with diabetes, the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) is associated with a reduced risk for certain disorders and conditions, including...

Websites Selling Compounded GLP-1 RAs Often Misinform Consumers

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – Websites that sell compounded glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) often partially inform or misinform consumers, including with respect to U.S. Food and...

No Link Seen Between GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use and Thyroid Cancer

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 – Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use is not associated with an increased risk for thyroid cancer over the short term, according to a study published ...

Intermittent Fasting Safe, Effective for Reducing Visceral Adipose Tissue

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 – Time-restricted eating (TRE) may not add additional benefit in visceral adipose tissue reduction over the Mediterranean diet for people with overweight or obesity,...

Medicare to Negotiate Prices for 15 More Drugs, Including Ozempic

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 – Medicare will soon negotiate prices for 15 more drugs as part of an effort to reduce costs for seniors and people with disabilities, federal health officials announced in...

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