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Obesity App May Enable Weight Loss With Less Semaglutide
A digital obesity clinic, Embla, is associated with 16.7% weight loss over 64 weeks, matching previous semaglutide trial ...
Survey reveals high disconnect between perceptions of obesity among people living with obesity and their doctors
A survey of adults living with obesity and their physicians across seven countries reveals a high disconnect between their ...
The ‘particularly alarming’ ways that obesity affects teenage brains revealed in new study
I worry about how these changes, which are occurring at the age of 13 or 14, might affect them later in life,” the study’s ...
Why patients are being forced to switch to a 2nd-choice obesity drug
CVS Caremark decided to stop offering one product in favor of another for weight loss, the latest example of ...
Once-daily oral treatment for obesity that mimics metabolic effects of gastric bypass shows promise in study
A first-in-human study of an investigational once-daily oral treatment for obesity (SYNT-101) demonstrates positive ...
Session finale, obesity rankings, celeb golfers: Down in Alabama
Alabama has moved up the most recent obesity rankings from U.S. News & World Report. And we’re getting awfully close to the ...
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Obesity-Related Cancer Rates No Different With GLP-1s vs Bariatric Surgery
When weight loss is equal, though, the GLP-1s seem to provide larger benefits. Researchers say prospective studies are needed ...
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Novo Nordisk strikes deal with Septerna to develop obesity pills
Novo Nordisk is partnering with the biotech Septerna to develop oral obesity drugs, as it aims for more convenient weight ...
Child obesity clinics seeing BMIs over 50
Many are from the most deprived areas, and a significant number are neurodivergent or have other health conditions, a study ...