Not All Calories Are Equal – A Dietitian Explains How the Kinds of Foods You Eat Matter to Your Body
A calorie is a calorie is a calorie, at least from a thermodynamic standpoint. It’s defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the…
Weight Loss
New Genetic Discovery Could Help Scientists Understand Obesity – And Deliver Personalized Weight Loss Treatments
A new study has helped to shine light on the genetic pathways underlying obesity. The findings could help develop more personalized ways to help people…
Research Shows Intermittent Fasting Works for Weight Loss
Intermittent fasting can produce clinically significant weight loss as well as improve metabolic health in individuals with obesity, according to a new study review led…
Weight Loss Medication Shows Promise for People With Diabetes and Obesity
A new study confirms that treatment with Bimagrumab, an antibody that blocks activin type II receptors and stimulates skeletal muscle growth, is safe and effective…
Researchers Find the Secret Behind Maintaining Healthy Weight Loss
Half of the Danish population are overweight, while 17 percent live with obesity. Worldwide, almost 40 percent are overweight and 13 percent live with obesity….
Weight Loss in Patients With Obesity Can Significantly Reduce Risk of Severe COVID-19 Complications
Successful weight-loss intervention before infection associated with 60% lower risk of severe disease in patients with obesity. A Cleveland Clinic study shows that among patients…
Weight-Loss Drugs, Revisited: New Molecules To Help People Safely Shed Extra Pounds
Drugs that promise to help people lose weight have had a checkered past, such as the infamous fen-phen that was pulled from the market in…
Weight Loss and Exercise: Why Physical Activity Entices You To Eat More – And How To Fight It
Worldwide 39 percent of the adults were overweight in 2016, according to statistics of the World Health Organization. In the US the prevalence of obesity…
DentalSlim Diet Control: Researchers Develop World-First Weight Loss Device
University of Otago and UK researchers have developed a world-first weight-loss device to help fight the global obesity epidemic. DentalSlim Diet Control is an intra-oral…
New Research Shows Prunes May Help Rein In Holiday Cravings
With the holiday season in full swing, consumers are met with countless opportunities to indulge in decadent, calorie-dense foods, which can make their health goals…
Keto Diet May Not Work for Women – Here’s What Works Better
Scientists from University of California, Riverside are studying how the popular keto and intermittent fasting diets work on a molecular level, and whether both sexes…
Over 4 Million Deaths per Year Caused by Obesity: Safe, Non-Invasive Treatments Could Help End Epidemic
Novel obesity treatments such as modulation of the gut microbiome and gene therapy are underutilized and could help fight the obesity epidemic, according to a…
Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet Pass On to Families of Patients Who Follow It
Despite not participating in the program, these people had lost an average of almost four kilos, two years after their family member started the program….
Looking To Lose Weight? New Research Shows Diet Drinks Might Not Be the Sweet Spot
A synthetic aftertaste might not be the only side effect of switching to diet soda, especially if you’re trying to lose weight. Drinks that contain…
Weight Loss of 15% or More Should Be Central Focus of Type 2 Diabetes Management
Weight loss of 15% or more should become a central focus of managing type 2 diabetes (T2D), since it has the potential to slow progress…
Scientists: We Should Focus on Fitness Over Weight Loss for Obesity-Related Health Conditions
The prevalence of obesity around the world has tripled over the past 40 years, and, along with that rise, dieting and attempts to lose weight…
Immune Signal Promotes Production of Energy-Burning “Beige Fat” That Could Reduce Obesity
Cytokine increases production of “beige fat” to burn more cellular energy. An immune signal promotes the production of energy-burning “beige fat,” according to a new…
Can You Lose Weight? Success or Failure May Depend on Your Gut Microbiome
The strongest associations with weight loss success or failure, independent of BMI, are found in the genetic capacity of the gut microbiome, new research from…