China to prioritise physical education in schools as obesity rates rise
China is aiming to beef up physical education in schools, making it core to the curriculum rather than a secondary subject, ...
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Weight Loss Boosts Long-Term Health of Kids With Obesity
Helping kids with obesity drop pounds can have a huge impact on their future health.When these children and teens los ...
Eli Lilly's head of obesity talks weight-loss innovations for 2025 — from an Ozempic-like pill to a triple-threat shot
Eli Lilly's Ozempic-rivaling weight-loss pill orforglipron could be available in early 2026. Its retatrutide may be as ...
BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.
Goodbye Obesity: Scientists Uncover Fat-Burning Protein Switch
A new study uncovers a novel mechanism through which brown fat is transformed into heat, offering protection against ...
New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.
An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.
Obesity in Cats: 5 Vet-Approved Ways to Help Them Lose Weight
Over-availability of food: Since cats do not need to hunt to eat when they are confined to the house, they sometimes eat just ...
The Surprising Connection Between Obesity, Parasites, and Your Immune System
Researchers at the, Riverside, backed by a substantial NIH grant, are pioneering a study on the unique immune responses to ...
New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI. A doctor explains.
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
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Gearing up to challenge Lilly in obesity, Kailera picks Zepbound brand leader as new commercial chief
The biotech has named Jamie Coleman its chief commercial officer, per a Monday announcement, putting her in charge of the ...
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International panel offers new ways to define obesity
The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded. Using body-mass ...
Palatin gears up for obesity treatment trials in 2025
Inc. (NYSE American: PTN), a small-cap biotech company with a market capitalization of $20.4 million, has announced its corporate milestones for 2025, focusing on the development of treatments for ...