https://medicalxpress.com/overweight-obesity-news/ en-us Latest health news and information about Weight Management Creatine has become one of the most talked-about supplements for building muscle, boosting performance and supporting healthy aging. New research from Texas A&M University suggests its potential benefits may be especially relevant as maintaining muscle becomes more important with age. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-creatine-benefits-gym.html Sat, 19 Sep 2026 07:00:02 EDT news709006242 Every time a person sees a doctor, the visit produces two kinds of records. There are the tidy checkbox fields: the billing codes, the lab values, the prescription entries. And there is the note the clinician actually writes, describing what the patient said, how they are coping, what side effects they mentioned and why a medication was changed. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-ai-doctors-scale-revealing-absent.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:40:07 EDT news708956461 Scrolling through social media can mean encountering a supplement promising better health, a drink offering quick weight loss or a food promoted as a "superfood." For people looking for advice on what to eat, distinguishing reliable information from misleading claims can be difficult. On Tuesday, EUFIC and Fundación Maldita.es organized an Infoodmation stakeholder workshop that offered a closer look at these messages, where they appear and who may be particularly vulnerable to them. Supplements and weight loss were the most prominent misinformation topics examined in food-related posts by popular influencers across 16 European countries. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-supplements-weight-loss-misinformation-themes.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:20:03 EDT news708955741 Why do food cravings become so strong during pregnancy? Researchers at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in collaboration with colleagues, have identified a brain mechanism that may help explain how pregnancy changes motivation to seek certain highly palatable foods. This collaborative study was led by Dr. Yanlin He of Pennington Biomedical Research Center, together with Dr. Pingwen Xu of the University of Illinois Chicago and Dr. Chunmei Wang of Baylor College of Medicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-brain-circuit-linked-food-cravings.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:40:06 EDT news708953132 The American Association for Cancer Research has released its annual Cancer Progress Report, highlighting recent progress in cancer research. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-annual-highlights-cancer.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:20:05 EDT news708868192 Millions of people worldwide—as many as 1 in 8 adults in the U.S.—are taking GLP-1 medications, such as Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and Zepbound, to treat diabetes or for weight loss. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-youre-glp1-drugs-fast-yom.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:20:17 EDT news708856021 Women with a higher body mass index (BMI) in early adulthood may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer after menopause because of lasting changes in the structure of their breast tissue, according to researchers at The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-early-adult-bmi-postmenopausal-breast.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:20:12 EDT news708859861 Scroll through social media these days and you'll likely come across someone injecting themselves with a clear liquid, raving about how it's changed their body for the better, improved their recovery or maybe their skin. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-peptides-social-media-platforms-health.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:40:01 EDT news708847904 Swinburne University of Technology and Entropy Neurodynamics' world's first IV-infused psilocin binge-eating disorder trial has led to improvements in all participants. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-world-psilocin-binge-disorder-trial.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:20:07 EDT news708685310 A study of employees at organizations connected to the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS) demonstrates why cultural adaptation of this type of intervention must consider a population's real living and working conditions in addition to its habits. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-cultural-cardiovascular-disease-diabetes-strategies.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:20:04 EDT news708620161 A Johns Hopkins Medicine study reports evidence that time-restricted eating (TRE)—a form of intermittent fasting that involves eating only during a consistent daily 8–10-hour window—can cause modest weight loss in adults with obesity and prediabetes or diet-controlled type 2 diabetes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-restricted-modest-weight-loss-benefits.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:40:09 EDT news708603782 Researchers at Vanderbilt Health, UTHealth Houston and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified early signs of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic disease (CKMD) in children as young as 8 years old that potentially can be reversed with a new class of weight-loss drugs widely used by adults. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-early-blood-protein-clues-children.html Sun, 13 Sep 2026 09:00:06 EDT news708353097 A research team at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) has found that obesity prevents a biological process that kills cancerous cells, revealing a possible reason obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-link-obesity-loss-natural-breast.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:00:03 EDT news708352992 Two enduring biological mysteries have remained unsolved for decades: why almost everyone who loses weight gains it back, no matter how they lost it, and why obesity passes from mother to child at rates that diet and environment cannot explain. Now, scientists from Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University have identified why. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-fat-cells-retain-hunger-weight.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:40:04 EDT news708352441 If you spend much time on the internet, it may seem everyone is rapidly growing thinner. Discourse on celebrities' bodies can feed dayslong news cycles. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-diet-culture-fueling-disorders.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:20:06 EDT news708344941 If you've scrolled through social media or watched TV, you've probably seen campaigns featuring women describing how difficult weight loss can be. They say you've probably "tried everything." Then, viewers are encouraged to "talk to a doctor" about managing their weight. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-weightloss-campaigns-aimed-nations-women.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:40:04 EDT news708326821 Obesity caused by disrupted stress-hormone rhythms is metabolically very different from obesity caused by a high-fat diet, according to a new preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The researchers found in mice that glucocorticoid-rhythm disruption concentrates insulin resistance in skeletal muscle while preserving key insulin responses in fat tissue and liver. This allows fat tissue to continue storing lipids, while the liver remains largely protected from the fat accumulation typically seen with high-fat-diet obesity. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-stress-hormone-kind-obesity.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:20:04 EDT news708269881 One in eight people worldwide does not get an uninterrupted night's sleep because of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This sleep disorder causes people to wake up suddenly when a blockage or narrowing in the upper airway prevents air from flowing properly through the windpipe. These repeated interruptions can leave a person exhausted, even after what's technically a full night's sleep. Obesity is a contributing factor to this sleep disorder, so researchers reviewed existing literature to see how GLP-1 receptor agonist medications, a class of weight-loss and diabetes drugs, can be used to treat OSA. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-popular-weight-loss-drug-doctors.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:29:26 EDT news708247720 For many people living with obesity, Wegovy and Mounjaro offer the possibility of substantial weight loss without surgery. Yet data from one private provider points to a troubling divide: Prescription rates of these drugs in England are lowest in communities where obesity is most common. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-weightloss-drug-private-lowest-greatest.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:20:06 EDT news708164762 A new scientific statement released today by the Endocrine Society highlights the benefits of obesity treatment beyond weight loss, including improved overall health and reduced risk of conditions such as heart disease, sleep apnea and liver disease. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-health-obesity-treatment-weight-loss.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:00:24 EDT news708003361 Society is full of messages telling us what our bodies should look like—and (spoiler alert!) they are not only wrong but can cause body dissatisfaction and harm our mental health. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-body-ideal-confidence-trailblazers.html Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:00:03 EDT news708088699 A newly published narrative review in the journal Nutrients brings together findings from three large European research consortia—SWEET, SWITCH and Sweet Tooth—to address longstanding questions about whether non-nutritive sweeteners (NNSs) and sweet-tasting foods in general affect body weight, metabolic health and people's taste preferences over time. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-sugar-substitutes-fuel-sweet-cravings.html Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:20:06 EDT news708101042 U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been criticized after sharing a photograph of two people in uniform from a Canadian youth cadet program with the caption "this is real." The image showed a teenage cadet receiving a medal from someone reported to be a volunteer instructor. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-body-size-people.html Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:40:05 EDT news707998649 Metabolic bariatric surgery improves menstrual cycle frequency and symptoms of polycystic ovaries in women living with obesity, a new study from the University of Surrey reports. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-weight-loss-surgery-reproductive-health.html Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:40:04 EDT news707988002 An experimental cancer drug could stop osteoporosis and help women stay slim after menopause, according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The study, published in npj Drug Discovery, reveals that a compound originally designed to fight cancer may not only protect against osteoporosis—but could also reduce body fat and reverse some of the metabolic changes linked to menopause. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-experimental-cancer-drug-millions-women.html Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:00:04 EDT news707737319 Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a key brain signaling pathway that appears to drive the substantial weight gain often associated with clozapine, a widely used antipsychotic medication. The preclinical findings, published in Nature Communications, point to a potential way to reduce the metabolic side effects of this medication, commonly prescribed for patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-brain-mechanism-clozapine-weight-gain.html Sun, 06 Sep 2026 17:00:08 EDT news707666179 Some 70% of teens trying to adapt to a fall schedule are missing out on sleep. Early bells and tough classes combine with delayed biological clocks during adolescence, keeping their nightly sleep duration during the school year below the recommended eight to 10 hours for their age group. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-poor-contributing-country-weight-issues.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:40:03 EDT news707722118 We've all been there. You spend an hour at the gym, and before you even reach the locker room, you start thinking about your favorite takeout meal—after all, you've earned it! https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-im-weight-hungrier.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:40:01 EDT news707721302 Although the number of U.S. children under age 12 with obesity who are prescribed the weight-loss drugs Saxenda, Wegovy and Zepbound remains low, it was 310 times higher in June 2026 than in 2019, when the drugs were first prescribed, a new study shows. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-glp-young-children-obesity-rare.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:01 EDT news707573886 Ever craved fast food after seeing an enticing ad on a bus or at a train station? Such powerful advertisements increase consumption of unhealthy foods and drinks, contributing to obesity, which costs Australia's health care system and society an estimated A$39 billion each year. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-experts-restricting-junk-food-ads.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:01 EDT news707638142