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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 Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed ...
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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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 ...
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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 ...
Mass. residents who take GLP-1 drugs for obesity tend to be white and affluent. But who needs them most?
The trends worry health experts, who say the medicines have potential to narrow differences in obesity rates among ...
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 ...