Obese older adults, that have undergone cardiac surgery, are known to have an increased number of post-operative complications. A recent study from the University of Pennsylvania has analysed the impact of these complications on overweight and obese people’s activities of daily living (ADLs) – such as eating, bathing, dressing and using the toilet. In total, data from 1,731 individuals were...Read More
New research from the Sahlgrenska Academy in the University of Gothenburg has called for people to use dental health as a means of keeping children at a normal weight. The team hope that by talking about eating behaviours rather than weight itself, it could be possible to tackle the main issue from a different angle. The research used data from a number of sub-studies enabling the authors to...Read More
Researchers from Amgen Inc. have engineered a novel protein that has demonstrated the ability to lower the weight of mice, rats and primates; the subsequent paper has been published in Science Translational Medicine. The authors based their research on the observation that obese mammals have elevated serum concentrations of the protein GDF15, when compared to normal weight controls. GDF15...Read More
A group of researchers from the University of California – Los Angeles have demonstrated that black tea may be helpful in promoting weight loss by altering the bacteria found in your gut. Using mice models, the researchers were able to change the ratio of intestinal bacteria so that obesity associated bacteria were replaced with lean mass associated bacteria. Previous studies have highlighted...Read More
A group of researchers from the Mayo Clinic have led a review of weight gain risks and challenges faced by women in midlife; this has led them to propose a series of recommendations for this patient group. They found that the average weight gain for women in their 50s and 60s was 1.5 pounds per year, with much of that weight being abdominal, which is linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular...Read More
A study from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health has suggested that helping an adult lose weight leads to significant cost savings. The peak for these savings is when the individual is 50 years old. These costs include direct medical costs as well as productivity losses over their lifetime, further to this weight loss from obesity to overweight, or overweight to a healthy weight...Read More
Liraglutide is a medication that is already used to treat Type 2 Diabetes and obesity. A recent study has shown that injections with the drug over a three month period are associated with a marked slowing of stomach emptying, and could therefore be used as an effective weight loss therapy. The authors found that the degree of stomach emptying delay was significantly associated with the amount...Read More