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January 28, 2016January 28, 2016

Obesity in Young Children Now a ‘Global Challenge,’ WHO Says

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The Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO), a part of the World Health Organization (WHO), recently presented its final report to the group’s director general, summarizing two years of work into ways to deal with ... Read more

January 27, 2016January 29, 2016

Obese Children May Find Mindfulness Successful for Weight Management

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Recent research from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine suggests there might be an imbalance in the brain networks of obese children when compared to healthy-weight children that could make obese kids more prone to ... Read more

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016

New Weight Loss Procedure Effective, Less Costly Than Bariatric Surgery

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Obese patients can benefit from a minimally invasive technique, the endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, to achieve efficient weight loss, according to data from a study titled “Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty Alters Gastric ... Read more

January 26, 2016January 26, 2016

Bariatric Surgery a Helpful First Step for Obese Patients Needing Knee Replacement Surgery

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Researchers at the New York Hospital for Special Surgery performed a computer-based evaluation of the effects of weight loss surgery before total knee replacement in morbidly obese people with end-stage ... Read more

January 25, 2016January 25, 2016

Obesity Could Be Targeted by Training Body to Sense Taste of Fat

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In a new study, researchers at the Centre for Advanced Sensory Science at Deakin University in Australia showed, for the first time, that it is possible to increase the ability of ... Read more

January 22, 2016January 22, 2016

Obesity May Be Tied to Brain-activated Cravings for Food

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Researchers at Imperial College London are investigating if hormones normally produced in the gut could reduce cravings for high-fat and high-sugar foods, as well as for alcohol and cigarettes. Studies showed that people ... Read more

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016

Obesity Study to Compare Effectiveness of 3 Types of Bariatric Surgery

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An ongoing clinical study is collecting evidence as to which types of obesity treatment and bariatric surgery are best suited to particular groups of patients. The study, coordinated by the Clinical Trials and Evaluation ... Read more

January 20, 2016January 20, 2016

Obesity’s Link to High Risk of Colorectal Cancer May Be Coming to an End

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A recent study reported new insights into the observed link between obesity and an increased colorectal cancer risk, and proposed that approved drugs like linaclotide, as well as lifestyle changes, ... Read more

January 19, 2016May 24, 2016

UK Obesity Numbers Could Drop by 1 Million Just by Cutting Sugars in Soft Drinks

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A 40 percent reduction in sugars added to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) over five years could result in a sufficiently lower daily energy intake and drop average body weight by 1.20 kilograms among U.K. adults — ... Read more

January 18, 2016January 18, 2016

Receptor Observed to Protect Mice from Obesity

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A new study from the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease reported on the discovery of a new mechanism regulating body weight. By removing a receptor known to be present in the ... Read more