September 1, 2016September 1, 2016
Medications to Combat Obesity, Unlike Diabetes, Much Less in Use in US
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Obesity is a major risk factor for several diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and a vast ... Read more
August 30, 2016November 2, 2016
WHO Cancer Prevention Group Identifies 8 More Cancers Linked to Obesity
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Obesity is a risk factor for more cancers than previously believed, according to the results of a new evaluation conducted ... Read more
August 25, 2016August 24, 2022
Umbilical Cords of Babies of Overweight Moms Offer Clues into Childhood Obesity
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Children born to obese mothers are known to be at an increased risk of obesity, but researchers do not fully ... Read more
August 23, 2016August 23, 2016
Teen Obesity Prevention Focus of New American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines
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According to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a two-fold simple approach could be used to prevent ... Read more
August 18, 2016August 18, 2016
Obesity Rates Higher Among Cancer Survivors
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The rate of obesity increased faster amongst cancer survivors than the general population in the 14 years between 1997 ... Read more
August 17, 2016August 17, 2016
NIH Grants $1.8M To Study Gut Bacteria Causing Obesity
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The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a researcher at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University a ... Read more
August 11, 2016August 11, 2016
Brains of Overweight People Ten Years Older than Non-Overweight at Middle-Age
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The brains of overweight and obese people display images of white matter similar to those found in brains of leaner ... Read more
August 9, 2016August 9, 2016
Meat as Much a Cause of Obesity as Sugar and Fats, Study in 170 Countries Finds
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Diets rich in meat are as much a factor in the prevalence of global obesity as sugar consumption, researchers at the University ... Read more
August 3, 2016August 3, 2016
Kidney Disease, Abdominal Obesity Linked in Young Adults
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Abdominal obesity could be linked to chronic kidney disease (CKD) especially in young Mexican-Americans new study shows. ... Read more
August 2, 2016August 2, 2016
New Bariatric Surgery Study to Launch in New Zealand
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A new Bariatric Surgery Experienced study (BASE) is set to help researchers in New Zealand visualize the surgical experience from the patient’s ... Read more
July 28, 2016July 28, 2016
Severely Obese Women Show Different Brain Response to Food Cues
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UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in a recent study that severely obese women have different brain activity compared to lean ... Read more
July 26, 2016July 26, 2016
New Treatment Shows Promising For Rare Obesity Disease
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Setmelanotide, a novel melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) agonist, may have beneficial effects on patients with pro-opiomelanocrotin (POMC) deficiency obesity, ... Read more

October 20, 2015October 20, 2015

Researchers Identify Strategy to Target Fat Cells’ Sodium-potassium Pump That Might Reduce Obesity

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In a recent study published in journal Science Advances, a team of scientists from the Marshall University Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (MIIR) and the Marshall University’s Joan C. Edwards School ... Read more

October 20, 2015October 27, 2015

UK Review Says Bariatric Surgery May Improve Fertility, Reduce Pregnancy Complications in Obese Women

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The U.K.’s Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG) published a Scientific Impact Paper suggesting that weight loss surgery can improve fertility and reproductive outcomes in obese women. The paper ... Read more

October 16, 2015October 16, 2015

Pregnant Obese and Overweight Women at Increased Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Pregnancy

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Obesity and overweight status at the beginning of pregnancy increases chances for adverse outcomes in pregnancy, according to the results of a recent study published in the journal PLoS ONE. There ... Read more

October 16, 2015October 16, 2015

Five-Year Follow-Up Study Shows LAP-BAND Is Safe and Effective for Obese Patients With BMI of at Least 30

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Five-year results from a multicenter clinical trial investigating the safety and efficacy of LAP-BAND® adjustable gastric banding system in patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 30–39.9 kilograms per ... Read more

October 15, 2015October 15, 2015

ORBERA Intragastric Balloon Weight Loss Procedure Featured on Dr. Oz

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A review of Apollo Endosurgery’s ORBERA Intragastric Balloon Weight Loss Procedure aired Tuesday on Dr. Oz’s popular healthcare talkshow recently. The segment, which explored how the weight loss device and supporting program ... Read more

October 14, 2015October 15, 2015

Bariatric Surgery Study Finds That Obesity is Linked to Lower Levels of Brain Opioid Receptor

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A recently published study in the Molecular Psychiatry journal entitled “Weight loss after bariatric surgery normalizes brain opioid receptors in morbid obesity” finds that patients with obesity have lower levels of brain ... Read more

Medications to Combat Obesity, Unlike Diabetes, Much Less in Use in US

WHO Cancer Prevention Group Identifies 8 More Cancers Linked to Obesity

Umbilical Cords of Babies of Overweight Moms Offer Clues into Childhood Obesity

Teen Obesity Prevention Focus of New American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines

Obesity Rates Higher Among Cancer Survivors

NIH Grants $1.8M To Study Gut Bacteria Causing Obesity

Brains of Overweight People Ten Years Older than Non-Overweight at Middle-Age

Meat as Much a Cause of Obesity as Sugar and Fats, Study in 170 Countries Finds

Kidney Disease, Abdominal Obesity Linked in Young Adults

New Bariatric Surgery Study to Launch in New Zealand

Severely Obese Women Show Different Brain Response to Food Cues

New Treatment Shows Promising For Rare Obesity Disease