Living in close proximity to food stores can impact post-surgical weight loss
Living in close proximity and being able to take a quick walk to a nearby food retail store may be a significant factor in long-term...
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MBS provides safe and rapid weight loss for patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome
The current data on metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) in patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) reveal that laparoscopic sleeve...
Grb10 protein has potential for treating obesity
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University-China and the University of Texas...
GPs give ineffective weight loss advice to patients with obesity
When doctors tell patients living with obesity to lose weight the guidance they give is generally vague, superficial, and commonly not...
RCT finds financial incentives add additional boost to weight-loss programmes
Paying cash to people living with obesity for losing a specific amount of weight or completing weight-reducing activities – is more...
ICER finds semaglutide more effective, but more expensive
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) in the US has published its revised Evidence Report assessing the comparative...
Online automated obesity treatment program shows weight-loss results
A fully-automated, online behavioural obesity treatment program could serve as a pragmatic resource in the primary care setting,...
LIGHT-UP outcomes: GS200 patients lose on average 11% of body weight
Results from the LIGHT-UP clinical trial for adults with overweight or obesity who have prediabetes or type 2 diabetes and were treated...
Obesity-related fertility can be improved by lowering blood glucose levels and weight
Two studies have reported that reproductive hormone levels in females with obesity may be partially restored by lowering blood glucose...
Review paper examines evidence of bariatric surgery to reduce obesity-associated breast cancer
A review paper has sought to clarify the relationship between obesity and breast cancer, and explore the potential role of bariatric...
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