[ad_1] According to data presented at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago, Ill., body mass index (BMI) is not a complete indicator of metabolic health, and a substantial proportion of U.S. people with normal BMI yet have obesity. The latest research highlights the importance of including what percentage of the body is…
[ad_1] You can’t deny the buzz. Credit Suisse analyst Trung Huynh has combed through social media and is impressed by the awareness — and demand — for GLP-1 medications such as Eli Lilly ‘s Mounjaro. “Although we caution posts may have responder bias, and comments are in the public domain and unconfirmed, nonetheless we have…
[ad_1] It is hard and difficult to maintain over time to keep track of everything you consume in a day. Sadly, a recent study shows that diligent tracking is an essential element for effective weight loss. The findings of the study published in Obesity find that perfect tracking is not needed to achieve significant weight…
[ad_1] Obesity increases the likelihood of having mental illnesses considerably. This applies to all age groups, with women having a higher risk of most diseases than males, according to a recent study conducted by the Complexity Science Hub and the Medical University of Vienna. The findings of the study were published in the specialist journal…
[ad_1] The risk of death for hospitalised liver disease patients is more than twice as high in lower-or lower-middle-income countries compared to high-income nations, according to a study that analysed data from 25 countries, including India. The study, published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology journal, found that the higher risk in lower-income countries is…
[ad_1] Weight-loss drugs have become a hot topic as public heath authorities and pharmaceutical companies seek to find solutions to the growing global obesity epidemic. Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty Images An oral drug made by Pfizer causes a similar amount of weight loss as rival Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster injection Ozempic, according to a…
[ad_1] New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Dublin, Ireland (17-20 May) reveals that teenagers who are obese and who claim that hunger is preventing them from losing weight (hunger-barrier ALwO) have a more negative perception of their weight and worry about it more than kids who do not see…
[ad_1] Obesity has a huge impact on physical health, psycho-social and mental health, and can increase the risk of depression, especially among children and adolescents, said doctors on Friday. Obesity is one of the fastest-growing chronic health conditions, rising quite rapidly in children and adolescents. The World Obesity Federation in a 2023 report predicted that…
[ad_1] Obesity is known to raise the risk of colorectal cancer. Research from the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) suggested that the significance of this link has probably been grossly underestimated. The reason is that many patients unintentionally lose weight before being told they have colon cancer. Studies that only consider body weight at…
[ad_1] The risk of colorectal cancer is known to increase with obesity. This association has likely been severely underestimated thus far, according to research from the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ). The cause is that a lot of people accidentally lose weight prior to receiving a colon cancer diagnosis. When studies simply take into…
