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July 29, 2015August 3, 2015

FDA Approves Non-Surgical Temporary Dual Balloon Device To Treat Obesity

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval of a new inflatable intragastric balloon device to treat obesity that requires no invasive surgery to install and remove. The ReShape ... Read more

July 29, 2015July 29, 2015

Health-Related Quality of Life Improves After Gastric Bypass

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In a recent study published in the journal Obesity Surgery, researchers found that baseline health-related quality of life (HRQL) was similar in patients with and without obesity-related disease prior to ... Read more

July 28, 2015August 3, 2015

Researchers Develop Compound 14 That May Help Treat Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

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In a recent study published in the journal Chemistry and Biology, a team of researchers from the University of Southampton developed a molecule that acts as an “exercise mimic,” which could ... Read more

July 27, 2015July 27, 2015

University of California Researchers Find That Soybean Oil Causes More Obesity Than Coconut Oil and Fructose

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According to a recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE and conducted by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, a diet high in soybean oil causes more diabetes ... Read more

July 27, 2015July 27, 2015

Study Determines Psychiatric Follow-up is Linked to Weight Loss in Bariatric Surgery Patients

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In a recent study published in the journal Obesity Surgery, a team of researchers from Taiwan determined that adherence to postoperative psychiatric follow-up is associated with increased postoperative weight loss in obesity patients ... Read more

July 24, 2015July 24, 2015

Bariatric Surgery Decreases the Risk of Asthma Exacerbations in Asthmatic Obese Patients

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A study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology revealed that bariatric surgery for weight loss can significantly reduce the risk of asthma exacerbations in asthmatic obese patients. ... Read more

July 24, 2015July 24, 2015

Children and Young People Exhibit More Obesity-related Behaviors During School Summer Break

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In a recent study published in the Journal of School Health, a team of researchers from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that children on summer break consume more sugar, ... Read more

July 23, 2015July 23, 2015

Cortisol Levels Found To Be Correlated with Body Weight

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Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital recently reported a link between cortisol levels and different weight ranges in women. The study was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and ... Read more

July 23, 2015October 28, 2015

Calorie-based Taxes on Sugary Drinks May Help Fight Obesity

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A recently published study in the journal Social Science & Medicine is suggesting a special tax placed on sugary drinks that adjusts to the amount of calories present per liter could help ... Read more

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015

Food Words Trending In Media In 2015 Predict Country’s Obesity Level In 2018

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What you read today in news and information media is an accurate predictor of whether a country will be slimmer or fatter in three years time, according to a new ... Read more