Weight & Obesity

The UK government will trial the use of weight loss jabs to help unemployed people with obesity get back into work, the health secretary said Tuesday.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

Cinnamon has long been used around the world in both sweet and savory dishes and drinks.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

Anyone who has spent time on the internet has seen clickbait ads like “Secrets your doctor doesn’t want you to know about weight loss” or “How to lower your metabolism in 24 hours.” In these […]

When it comes to coverage for the pricey GLP-1 weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Zepbound, only a fifth of large U.S. companies cover the medications in their health insurance plans, a new survey shows.This article was […]

The secret to losing weight could all be down to a combination of 14 “skinny genes,” a new study has found.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are risk factors for various malignancies, including pancreatic cancer, which has a high death rate. A new analysis in Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews suggests that weight-loss surgery—also called metabolic-bariatric surgery—may […]

New research published in Acta Paediatrica suggests that children who engage in outdoor play during their preschool years have a lower risk of developing obesity later in childhood.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Hong Kong University (HKU) has found evidence that electro-acupuncture—a form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment—could be used to manage obesity.This article […]

Psychologists and public health researchers from the University of Liverpool and Maynooth University, analyzed data of more than 8,000 records of children with overweight and obesity in the U.K., roughly half at age 11 years […]