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A drug originally approved to treat adults with diabetes may also help severely obese youths lose some weight, according to a new study.

“We’re encouraged by these trial…

Dieters who ate early lunches tended to lose more weight than those who had their midday meal on the later side, in a new Spanish study.

The finding doesn’t…

The gap between obesity levels measured by self-reported height and weight and obesity recorded by measured height and weight is increasing. This is due to…

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding – lap banding – is a safe and effective long-term strategy for managing obesity, according to the findings of a landmark 15-year follow-up study of…

A new study led by North Carolina researchers has found that when it comes to weight- and fat loss, aerobic training…

WHEN I received the results of a routine cholesterol test this summer, I was certain there had been some kind of mistake. I’m young, unstressed and healthy, or so I imagined.…

A University of Rhode Island researcher has discovered that the weight-loss drug orlistat, known by the brand names Xenical and Alli, inhibits a key enzyme…

A medication being tested to help smokers kick the habit also may help avoid the weight gain that is common after quitting but only in women, according to…

When you’re postmenopausal and overweight, losing weight is a good thing, but gaining back just a few pounds may actually be detrimental to your cardiovascular health.

Being overweight is known to increase the risk of needing a knee replacement, but a new study finds that knee replacement surgery may also raise a person’s risk of gaining weight.

Weight-loss programs can help even very young children slim down, and it appears that acting early may improve the odds of success, according to a pair of new…

Exercise and healthy eating reduce body fat and preserve muscle in adults better than diet alone, according to a study funded and conducted by National…

A new National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study conducted at Baruch College and published in Obesity found that overweight and obese adults who participated in three different…

With ties to diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol, childhood obesity in wealthy countries is certainly of growing concern to researchers. A new…

A new study on the long-term benefits of gastric bypass surgery, the most commonly performed weight-loss surgery in the U.S., finds that the procedure results in sustained weight loss…

In the last year, in the scramble to treat America’s growing obesity problem (without, you know, telling Americans what to do or cutting ties…

Hip and knee replacements are now a common surgical procedure with more than 700,000 total joint arthroplasties (TJAs) performed in the US every year. Due to the…

Treating obese people with weight loss surgery dramatically delays or prevents the onset of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

“We saw a marked delay (in the development…

New research shows that people who have bariatric surgery to treat obesity report an overall improvement in quality of life issues after surgery, from their relationships…

Women who want to lose weight should faithfully keep a food journal, and avoid skipping meals and eating in restaurants…

Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of…

Most adolescents preparing for weight-loss, or bariatric, surgery are deficient in vitamin D, a new study demonstrates. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society’s…

Use of predictive criteria to guide patient selection led to a 50% decline in complications after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) and improvement in long-term weight loss, a French investigator reported.

Minimally-invasive weight loss surgery is safer than open surgery, with patients suffering fewer complications during those procedures, according to a new study of more than 150,000 people who had a gastric…

Adults who had a common bariatric surgery to lose weight had a significantly higher risk of alcohol use disorders (AUD) two years after surgery, according to a study by…