Cultural dietary patterns linked to lower obesity risk in global meta-analysis
Your Food Habits Are Shaping Your Weight Risk
A meta-analysis of 48 studies across 68 countries found that traditional dietary patterns were associated with a 23% lower obesity risk and …
Sticking to traditional diets lowers obesity risk by 23% compared to Westernized eating, while moving away from home culture raises it.
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals may contribute to obesity and adiposity in humans.
Hidden Chemicals Linked to Weight Gain
This narrative mini-review examines human studies regarding endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and their potential role in obesity. The r…
Invisible chemicals in your environment can trick your cells into storing fat, making weight loss harder than diet and exercise alone can fi…
GLP1R locus variants associated with higher BMI and Type 2 Diabetes risk in genetically inferred European ancestry participants.
Do your genes make you heavier? New data suggests specific gene variants are linked to higher body weight.
This genetic association study analyzed 431,107 participants from the Million Veteran Program to evaluate GLP1R locus variants rs12213929 an…
Two specific gene variants linked to higher body weight also influence Type 2 diabetes risk, though one marker's connection to diabetes disa…
Post-hoc analysis finds both continuous and intermittent calorie restriction reduce weight in type 2 diabetes.
Two calorie-restricted diets helped people with type 2 diabetes lose weight in a small study.
A post-hoc analysis of RCTs in 67 people with type 2 diabetes and overweight or obesity compared 3-month continuous vs. intermittent calorie…
Two calorie-restricted diets helped people with type 2 diabetes lose weight and reduce fat while gaining muscle in a new study.
GLP-1 agents and cognitive interventions address obesity and eating disorders via appetite and gut-brain signaling pathways.
Why Your Brain Craves Donuts More Than Broccoli
This narrative review examines the cognitive and neural foundations of food preference and reward processing in obesity and eating disorders…
Your brain decides what foods you crave long before your stomach gets a vote, and scientists are finally learning how to rewrite that decisi…
Review of quercetin in metabolic diseases shows promise but lacks clinical validation.
Review suggests quercetin may have multiple beneficial effects on metabolic conditions
This review evaluates quercetin for conditions including diabetes, obesity, and gout. While the medication demonstrates favorable human tole…
A natural compound found in fruits and vegetables shows promise for managing type 2 diabetes, obesity, and fatty liver disease, though human…
Pregnant women with prior bariatric surgery experienced 35 surgical complications in a Belgian cohort study.
Pregnant After Weight Loss Surgery: When Pain Means Emergency
This prospective cohort study examined 33 pregnant women in Belgium with a history of bariatric surgery who presented with surgical complica…
Pregnant women who had stomach surgery years ago need to see a doctor instantly if they feel severe belly pain, because a hidden internal pr…
Overweight status at diagnosis in Kuwaiti children with new-onset type 1 diabetes is associated with milder clinical presentation and lower HbA1c.
Overweight Kids With Diabetes Have Milder Symptoms
This retrospective cohort study analyzed 1,265 children aged 14 years or younger newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Kuwait. Results ind…
Being overweight changes how type 1 diabetes starts in children, making the early stage look different and easier to manage initially.
Full-fat dairy vs. low-fat dairy with energy restriction for weight and metabolic outcomes in adults with overweight/obesity
Full-Fat Dairy May Help Your Heart, Even Without Weight Loss
A 12-week RCT in 74 adults with overweight or obesity compared three daily servings of full-fat dairy to a low-fat dairy energy restriction …
Adding three daily servings of full-fat dairy improved blood pressure and diet quality in adults with overweight, offering heart benefits ev…
Sleeve-fundoplication without gastric resection reduces GERD incidence versus sleeve gastrectomy in obese rat model
New stomach surgery stops acid burn while you lose weight
A preclinical randomized controlled trial in 24 obese rats found sleeve-fundoplication without gastric resection (SG-F) significantly reduce…
A new stomach surgery helps you lose weight without worsening acid reflux, offering a safer alternative to standard procedures that often ma…
Oral denatonium acetate (ARD-101) reduced weight versus placebo in adults with obesity over 28 days.
Could a Bitter Pill Trick Your Gut Into Feeling Full?
Randomized, placebo-controlled clinical studies and preclinical mouse studies evaluated oral denatonium acetate (ARD-101) in adults with obe…
A new gut-targeted pill tricks your intestines into feeling full, reducing hunger and helping adults lose weight in early human trials.
Mexican cohort study reports allele frequencies for six obesity-associated genetic variants
Your Genes May Explain Why Weight Loss Feels So Hard
A cohort study of 129 individuals from Mexico City measured allele frequencies for six obesity-associated single nucleotide variants. The SH…
Six specific obesity-linked genes in a Mexican population help explain why some bodies store fat more easily than others, mapped for the fir…