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Unhealthy Diet and Middle-Age Belly Fat Linked to Memory and Other Cognitive Problems

A new study finds diet quality and waist-to-hip ratio strongly impact brain function as you age.
Just Like Belly Fat, Muscle Fat May Increase the Risk of Serious Heart Disease

A new study finds people with pockets of fat inside their muscles are at increased risk of hospitalization of death from heart attack.
Is the Definition of Obesity About to Change?

An international group of medical experts says body mass index is not a reliable way to diagnose obesity. Members of the Commission on Clinical Obesity are recommending new methods that also consider location of excess body fat and objective symptoms of disease.
How Effective Are GLP-1 Meds for Weight Loss in People Without Diabetes?

A new study finds using GLP-1 receptor agonists to treat obesity in otherwise healthy adults is safe and very effective.
Rating the Best Diets for 2025

U.S. News & World Report, working with leading medical and nutrition experts, reveals a list of the best diets for overall health and specific conditions.
U.S. Obesity Rate Drops for the First Time in a Decade

New study examines U.S. trends in body mass index and obesity and finds improving numbers, driven in part by GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
Popular Diabetes and Weight-Loss Drugs May Protect Stroke Survivors from Future Attacks, Study Finds

New research shows GLP-1 agonists, like Ozempic, and SGLT2 inhibitors, like Farxiga, help lower the risk of secondary stroke, heart attack and death in stroke survivors.
Semaglutide Helps Prevent Kidney Damage in People with Obesity

A new study finds semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, reduced kidney damage by up to 52% in people with obesity.
Could Ozempic and Wegovy Soon Be Available as a Once-a-Month Injection?

Researchers are now testing a new semaglutide delivery platform that combines the medication with a special hydrogel to achieve sustained release over one month or longer.

Pregnant Women Exposed to PFAS Chemicals at Increased Risk for Obesity and Heart Problems, Study Finds

Pregnant women with high levels of PFAS chemicals commonly found in consumer products may experience weight and heart issues later in life.
A Good Night’s Sleep May Be Especially Important for Overweight Adults

A new study finds overweight people who stay awake too late face higher odds of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
40% of Cancer Cases Are Linked to Lifestyle Choices, New Study Finds

A new study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society finds 40% of cancer cases and about half of all cancer deaths are caused by potentially modifiable risk factors.
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TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer has stopped developing a once-daily pill to treat obesity after a person in a clinical trial showed signs of a possible liver injury.

The company said the injury went away after the person stopped taking the drug, called danuglipron, The Associated Press reported.

The pill was in early testing to help determine the bes...

Splenda doesn’t directly add calories to your diet, but the sweetener still might lead people to pack on pounds, a new study says.

The sugar substitute might spur on a person’s appetite and feelings of hunger, potentially leading them to overeat, according to results published March 26 in the journal Nature Metab...

A mom’s health and lifestyle choices can affect her kids’ risk of obesity as adults, a new study says.

Specifically, a child is 3 to 4 times more likely to become an obese adult if their mom was obese, researchers reported March 26 in PLOS One.

A mom’s smoking also increased their kid’s risk of adult obesity by 6...

People dealing with heart disease, diabetes or obesity are behind the eight ball when it comes to their chances of living longer.

But they can improve their odds if they start following a healthy plant-based diet, according to a study scheduled for presentation Saturday in Chicago at a meeting...

Purposeful splishing and splashing can help you trim your waist size and drop excess pounds, a new evidence review has concluded.

Water aerobics led to about 6 pounds of weight loss and more than an inch off the waists of overweight and obese people, researchers reported in the journal BMJ Open.

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More than half of adults and a third of children and teens worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, a comprehensive global analysis has concluded.

Overweight and obesity rates in adults, children and teens more than doubled over the past three decades, afflicting 2.1 billion adults and 493 million young people with excess weight, researchers reported in

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    • Appalachia has a rich history and gorgeous landscapes, but it has also experienced rates of cancer incidence and death that outstrip those of much of the rest of America.

    However, new data offer hope to the 26 million people living in the region: Cancer rates are falling, although not as steeply as elsewhere in America.

    Still, “there are reasons for hope and opportunities to i...

    Many women may opt for a breast reduction if they encounter issues such as recurrent neck, back and shoulder pain.  

    However, a new study suggests a link between these procedures in teens and young adult women and later weight gain.

    "These patients should be targeted for healthy lifestyle changes to prevent weight gain," said study lead author

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  • February 6, 2025
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    • Kids and teens can also get migraines, but Black and Hispanic children seen in ERs are more likely to have their condition go undiagnosed, new research shows.

    That's concerning, because “without a proper diagnosis, medications that can help reduce migraine may be delayed," noted study author Dr. Marissa Ma...

    Canadian youngsters are munching loads of ultra-processed foods, increasing their lifelong risk of obesity, a new study says.

    “We saw that ultra-processed foods contributed to almost half of a child’s total daily energy intake,” senior researcher

  • Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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  • February 4, 2025
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    • Helping kids with obesity drop pounds can have a huge impact on their future health.

    When these children and teens lose weight, they are less likely to have type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol as young adults, researchers reported in a new study published Jan. 21 in <...

    Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, according to an annual report from the American Heart Association (AHA).

    These risks are thwarting efforts to save lives from heart disease, heart attack, stroke and other letha...

    A well-marbled steak is highly prized for grilling, but those sort of fat deposits in human muscles can be deadly, a new study says.

    People with pockets of fat hidden within their muscles have a higher risk of dying from heart-related health problems, researchers reported in a study published Jan. 20 in the

  • Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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  • January 23, 2025
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    • Black people with obesity are less likely to get weight-loss surgery than others.

    Black people are just as likely to discuss the procedure with their doctor -- nearly 10%, compared with 9% of patients of other races, researchers said.

    But only about 8% of those Black patients go on and actually get the surgery, compared with nearly 13% of other patients, researchers report in a stud...

    Grabbing a quick snack might soon come with a little extra clarity.

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule requiring bold, easy-to-read nutrition labels on the front of food and beverage packages.

    These labels, which would highlight content of sugar, salt, and saturated fat, aim to make it easier for shoppers to make healthier choices in the grocery ais...

    The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded.

    Using body-mass index (BMI) to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable, and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on Clinical Obesity says in a new paper published today in The Lancet Diabetes & En...

    When it comes to living a longer life, staying active may matter far more than what the scale says.

    Per the largest study yet on fitness, body weight, and longevity published recently in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers found that people who are aerobically fit (i.e.,...

    Weight loss tops many folks’ list of New Years resolutions, and lots of people are turning to cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic to help them drop excess pounds.

    These drugs, called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), work in several different ways to help people ...

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first prescription medication specifically for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): the weight-loss drug Zepbound.

    In a news release published Dec. 20, the FDA stated that Zepbound, part of the GLP-1 receptor agonist medicines that include

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  • December 23, 2024
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    • The U.S. obesity rate declined for the first time in a decade last year, coinciding with the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss meds, a new study finds.

    Data on almost 17 million adults nationwide showed the obesity rate -- which has been rising for years -- fell from 46.2% of adults in 2021 to 45.6% in 2023,...

    Unhealthy ultra-processed foods have wormed their way into American kitchens, likely harming people's health for decades, a new study warns.

    More than half of the calories adults eat at home now come from ultra-processed foods, which contain high levels of sugar, salt, fat and o...

    Americans are falling farther behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to health and life expectancy, a new study shows.

    Life expectancy in the United States is expected to increase to 79.9 years in 2035 and 80.4 years by 2050, up from 78.3 years in 2022, researchers reported.

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    Eating lots of ultra-processed foods appears linked to a buildup of fat in the thighs, which in turn raises a person's odds for arthritis in the knees, new research shows.

    “In an adult population at risk for but without knee or hip osteoarthritis, consuming ultra...

    Fatty liver disease may contribute to fragmented sleep patterns, robbing already sick people of good rest, a new study finds.

    These folks woke up more often in the night, and then lay awake longer waiting for slumber to reclaim them, researchers found. These patients also reported taking longer to get to sleep.

    And their sleep remained poor even after researchers gave them tips for ...

    GLP-1 meds are all the rage for weight loss nowadays, but not everyone can safely take the drugs to shed pounds. Invasive weight-loss surgeries can often be a tough sell, too.

    Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they've developed an alternative: A small, implanted gastric balloon that people can inflate or deflate to feel full or not.

    Early studi...

    An accumulation of fat lurking around the organs of obese people is strongly linked to a buildup of Alzheimer's-linked proteins in the brain, new research finds.

    Buildup of this visceral fat in middle age may boost levels of the two damaging brain proteins, called amyloid and tau, explained a team led by Dr. Mahsa Dolatshahi<...

    How long Americans can expect to live varies dramatically -- and the gap continues to widen.

    A new report says health inequalities have, in essence, created 10 Americas.

    These mutually exclusive populations are divided along familiar fault lines, including race, ethnicity, income and address. 

    While life expectancy rose in nine of 10 Americas between 2000 and 2010, only s...

    Four out of five men and women in the United States will be overweight or obese by 2050 if current trends hold, a new study warns.

    About 213 million Americans aged 25 and older will be carrying around excess weight within 25 years, along with more than 45 million children and young adults between the ages of 5 and 24, researchers reported Nov. 14 in

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  • November 15, 2024
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    • Bottoms up: The type of alcohol you prefer may say something about your lifestyle, new research reveals.

    Beer drinkers are more likely to have an unhealthy lifestyle than folks who prefer wine or liquor, scientists report.

    Beer drinkers have lower-quality d...

    Obesity, alcohol use and other factors are driving up rates of fatty liver disease among American adults, new research warns.

    By 2018, federal data showed that 42% of adults had some form of fatty liver disease -- higher than prior estimates, according to a team led by Dr. Juan Pablo Arab, a liver s...

    High blood pressure is a rare health issue among teens, but U.S. case numbers are creeping upwards.

    Now, research published recently in the Journal of the American Heart Association, shows that healthy...

    Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.

    Heart disease deaths linked to obesity increased 2.8-fold between 1999 and 2020, according to findings presented today at the American Heart Association’s annu...

    Nearly 16% of American adults -- that's close to 1 in 6 -- now has diabetes, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    Increasing age and widening waistlines greatly increase the odds for the disease, which happens when the body doesn't use insulin properly, resulting in high blood sugar levels. If left unchecked, diabetes can be disabling and ...

    Women who are pregnant but who also have the ovarian cyst disorder polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at higher odds of giving birth to an underweight baby, new Norwegian research shows.

    The risk rises even higher if the woman with PCOS is also obese, the study found.

    “In women of n...

    Hillary Fisher thinks receiving weight-loss surgery as a teenager put her on the path to a better life.

    Fisher is one of 260 teens who participated in a long-term study which recently concluded that weight-loss surgery can bring lasting health benefits for obese teenagers.

    “It changed my life,” Fisher, now 31, said in a news release. “The improved health and self-e...

    Pancreatic cancer rates are rising in adults younger than 50, but many continue to believe it’s a disease that only affects the elderly, a new survey shows.

    Folks in that age range also say they wouldn’t be able to identify early signs and symptoms of pancre...

    The weight-loss drug Ozempic can guard against kidney disease in obese people, a new study shows.

    Patients taking semaglutide -- the active agent in Ozempic and Wegovy -- had as much as a 52% reduction in kidney damage, as measured by urine testing, researchers reported Oct. 25 in the journal ...

    Expanding access to cutting-edge diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound could prevent more than 42,000 deaths a year in the United States, a new study claims.

    Obesity and all its attendant ills -- type 2 diabetes, heart disease an...

    Obesity is a more powerful driver of breast cancer than previously thought, a new study suggests.

    About 40% of hormone-positive breast cancers in postmenopausal women might be linked to excess body fat, researchers reported Oct. 15 in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Healt...

    Most Americans are eating their way to inflammation that puts them at risk of cancer, heart disease and other serious health problems, a new study shows.

    "Overall, 57% of U.S. adults have a pro-inflammatory diet and that number was higher for Black Americans, men, younger adults and people with lower education and income," said lead study author

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  • October 2, 2024
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    • There’s good news for folks who struggle to fit regular exercise into their busy workweek.

    “Weekend warrior” workouts are just as beneficial as daily exercise to a person’s overall health, a new study says.

    People who get all their weekly recommended...

    “Body roundness” could be a better measure than BMI at predicting how excess weight might affect a person’s heart health, a new study finds.

    People who developed a high Body Roundness Index during a six-year period had a 163% increased risk of heart disease, researchers found, and even a moderate BRI was linked with a 61% increased risk.

    “Our findings indicat...

    Over 40 percent of U.S. adults are now obese, with rates roughly the same for men and women, new government data shows.

    Obesity rates fluctuated with age and fell as levels of education increased, said the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    The only good news: The rate of adult obesity did not change between 2013 and 2023, said a team led by

  • Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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  • September 24, 2024
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    • Fatty liver disease linked to diabetes and obesity can easily progress to liver cirrhosis, but new research suggests that GLP-1 medicines like Ozempic can help stop that.

    In a new decades-long study, veterans with diabetes and what's known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) were 14% less likely to progress t...

    Statistics from 2023 on U.S. obesity rates bring no good news: In every state in the nation, 1 in every 5 people is now obese, the new tally shows.

    In 2013, not one state had an adult obesity rate topping 35%, but 10 years later 23 states had achieved that dubious distinction, according to data ...

    The injectable weight-loss drug Zepbound appears to work better in women than in men, according to a new analysis of the clinical trials that led to its approval.

    All doses of tirzepatide consistently reduced weight in both women and men, researchers found.

    But women lost up to 25% of their initial body weight when treated with ti...

    The weight-loss drug liraglutide helped obese children lower their BMI and reach a healthier weight, researchers report.

    The findings, published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented simultaneously at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting in Madrid, are the f...

    Annoyed that you still have a bit of tummy even though you work out all the time?

    Exercise actually is helping you develop healthier belly fat tissue, a new study says.

    That means that even if you don’t obtain six-pack abs, exercise is good for your long-term health, researchers said.

    “Our findings indicate that in addition to being a means to expend calories, exer...

    Folks who like to stay up late are nearly 50% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who go to bed earlier, a new study finds.

    However, it’s not just because they have an unhealthy lifestyle, according to

  • Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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  • September 9, 2024
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    • PFAS “forever chemicals” could cause pregnant women to experience long-term weight gain, increasing their risk of obesity in middle age, a new study warns.

    Women with higher levels of PFAS in their blood during early pregnancy weighed more at the age of 50 than those with low levels, resear...

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