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A recent study offers recommendations on how to balance weight loss goals and bone health concerns in weight management ...

Concerns are growing that more troubling stories about the National Health Service will emerge before it fully recovers from ...

Your gut is more important than you might think. Studies have discovered a strong link between three parts of your body: the gut, the brain, and fat tissue. Together, these form what’s called the ...

With that in mind, just how important is breakfast for us? Is it something we can lose weight by skipping? Or is it a sensible practice that has become standard for a good reason? To discover the ...

Following an intersectional approach, social categories such as gender and socioeconomic status (SES) can interact and form a basis for multiple stigma. The present study analyses differences in ...

Both indications are genetically driven. An approval of Imcivree in hypothalamic obesity would be the first for this drug in an acquired form of obesity. It could also potentially become the first ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Obesity, especially severe obesity, is linked to increased risk for 16 common health conditions, including obstructive sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes, and liver ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — People living in areas where obesity is more common may experience less stigma, which could help reduce some of the social and health consequences of being overweight. If people ...

Obesity needs a new definition, argues a global group of health experts. For over 75 years, obesity has been called a disease by the World Health Organization. But the label is hotly debated.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Form Health, the leading provider of science-based obesity care in the United States, announced a new program to prevent progression from overweight to obesity.

Overweight is a treatable medical condition, and Form’s new offering applies a science-based approach to not only prevent obesity and these conditions but also achieve positive outcomes like ...