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Electronic implant designed to reduce obesity to undergo trials

YoopyaMar 29, 20130

UK-based scientists have designed an ‘intelligent’ microchip which they claim can suppress appetite. Animal trials of the electronic implant are about to begin and its

Novo Nordisk obesity drug results underwhelm investors

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

(Reuters) – Overweight and obese diabetes patients given high doses of Novo Nordisk’s drug liraglutide achieved 6 percent weight loss in a clinical trial, only

Obese heart patients ‘do better’

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

Obese cardiac patients are less likely to die early than their normal weight counterparts, say researchers. This is despite them reporting worse health and being

Tax fizzy drinks and ban junk food ads, say doctors

YoopyaFeb 18, 20130

Fizzy drinks should be heavily taxed and junk food adverts banished until after the watershed, doctors have said, in a call for action over obesity.

Poll: Obesity’s a crisis but we want our junk food

YoopyaJan 4, 20130

WASHINGTON (AP) — We know obesity is a health crisis, or every new year wouldn’t start with resolutions to eat better and get off the

Gallstone risk ‘higher among obese teenagers’

YoopyaAug 26, 20120

Teenagers who are overweight or obese are much more likely to develop gallstones, compared with peers of a healthy weight, US research suggests. Healthcare providers

Obesity ‘bad for brain’ by hastening cognitive decline

YoopyaAug 21, 20120

Being overweight is not just bad for waistlines but for brains too, say researchers who have linked obesity to declining mental performance. Experts are not

FDA approves Arena obesity drug; first in 13 years

YoopyaJun 27, 20120

(Reuters) – U.S. health regulators on Wednesday approved Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc’s pill to treat obesity, making it the first new weight-loss drug in 13 years

Obesity rates rise, threaten health in OECD nations

YoopyaFeb 22, 2012November 5, 20220

(Reuters) – More people in developed countries are overweight or obese than ever before, dooming them to years of ill health, pushing up healthcare costs

Obesity rates in U.S. appear to be finally leveling off

YoopyaJan 19, 20120

After three decades of climbing steadily, obesity rates appear to be stabilizing nationwide. Increases among certain demographic groups are still evident, however. After a 30-year,