People living in rural areas are at greater risk for obesity than the general population, and they often have limited access to healthy, affordable food, physical activity facilities, public transportation, and health care institutions. Weight […]
Commercials run by the telehealth company Hims & Hers have been placed under the microscope as lawmakers are calling out the advertisement of prescriptions for injectable weight-loss drugs without disclosing safety and risk information.This article […]
On Super Bowl Sunday, many tuning into the big game saw a controversial ad from the telehealth company Hims & Hers. The minute-long spot begins by skewering the American health care system, saying it’s “designed […]
A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging the traditional view of weight status. The findings suggest that BMI development varies across generations and may […]
Bariatric surgery is safe and induces substantial weight loss that reduces the need for diabetes medications, a Monash University and University of Sydney-led Australian study has found.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Adrenomedullin (ADM) inhibits endothelial insulin signaling, contributing to obesity-associated insulin resistance, according to research conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Germany.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Prescriptions of obesity management drugs (OMDs) have increased, and these increasing trends are associated with online search trends, according to a study published online Jan. 29 in JAMA Network Open.This article was originally published on […]
A high-resolution spatial map of the human hypothalamus makes it possible to identify specific cells, determine their exact location and analyze their neighboring cells. The cell atlas, called Hypomap, developed by researchers at the Max […]
Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. The findings appear in a paper, “Brainstem Neuropeptidergic Neurons Link a Neurohumoral Axis to Satiation,” published Feb. […]
Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people develop metabolic diseases of this kind. About a quarter of all obese individuals are healthy, and […]
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