Obesity care is shifting from one‑size‑fits‑all to tailored regimens. Experts explain how weight‑loss medicines like GLP‑1s ...
More than 3,000 genetic variants influence a person’s susceptibility to weight gain. That inherited risk has become even more ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk for serious health problems, ...
Does obesity influence fracture risk? In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Rajesh Srinivas, consultant, orthopedic surgeon, Manipal Hospital Varthur Road and Dr Harekrushna Sahu, consultant, ...
Our brain prepares the body for an incoming meal before we even take the first bite. The aroma of food simmering on the stove, for instance, can trigger the brain to send signals to the pancreas, ...
A study from Rutgers Health and other institutions indicates that stress hormones – not impaired cellular insulin signaling – may be the primary driver of obesity-related diabetes. The paper in Cell ...
A new review maps how microbial signals from the gut may disrupt appetite control, insulin sensitivity, inflammation, and pancreatic function, pointing to a more targeted future for the treatment of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While some research has suggested that obese women have an increased risk of having a baby with a birth defect, a new study shows that diabetes may at least partly account ...
Because of impairments in their insulin sensitivity, obese individuals demonstrate different brain responses than their normal-weight peers while completing a challenging cognitive task, according to ...
Even after drastic weight loss, the body’s fat cells carry the ‘memory’ of obesity, research 1 shows — a finding that might help to explain why it can be hard to stay trim after a weight-loss ...
The natural GLP-1 hormone survives in the body for only a few minutes before it is broken down. Drug developers overcome this limitation through advanced molecular engineering techniques.