Obesity
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Walking App Works Only if Users Think It Does
“Perceived usefulness is also an important factor influencing behavioral effects. Hence, it is essential for apps to be perceived as useful to...
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AACR Cancer Progress Report: Big Strides and Big Gaps
The report focused on strides made in cancer care, prevention, and early detection and highlighted areas where more research and attention are...
From the Journals
Considering Eating Disorder Potential When Prescribing Weight Loss Drugs to Teens
Nearly 80% of teens in treatment for obesity reported symptoms of disordered eating at the outset of an intervention.
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Does Preconception BMI Affect Time to Pregnancy and Miscarriage Risk?
BMI outside of the normal category in women and men was associated with lower fecundability, subfertility, and increased odds of miscarriage.
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Does Bariatric Surgery Also Improve Thyroid Function?
“The relationship between obesity and [thyroid hormone] is bidirectional, indicating that addressing underlying thyroid disturbance could...
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Environmental, Metabolic Factors Driving Global Rise in Stroke
“The global growth of the number of people who develop stroke and died from or remain disabled by stroke is growing fast, strongly suggesting that...
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Semaglutide Bests Liraglutide in Long-Term Weight Loss
The current paper gives patients and clinicians reasonable expectations of the trajectory of weight loss when the drugs are prescribed for...
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Controlling Six Risk Factors Can Combat CKD in Obesity
Optimal management of blood pressure, A1c levels, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), albuminuria, smoking, and physical activity may...
Commentary
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Growing Epidemic of Ultraprocessed Food Addiction
Numerous studies have found that individuals who exhibit ultraprocessed food addiction have more severe mental and physical health challenges.
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Bariatric Surgery and Weight Loss Make Brain Say Meh to Sweets
“Our findings suggest that both the brain reward response to and subjective liking of an innately desirable taste decline following bariatric...
Conference Coverage
Will New Obesity Drugs Make Bariatric Surgery Obsolete?
“Efficacy of drugs is measured in weeks or months, whereas efficacy of surgery is measured in decades of durability.”