Genetics
DNA-testing kit company to launch huge weight-loss study focused on diet, exercise and genes
Is fitting into your jeans a matter of your genes?
Dec 31, 2017
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News tagged with weight loss success
Overweight & Obesity
Weight-loss programs tailored to a person's genome may be coming soon
Some health experts predict that the next big advance in helping overweight people achieve a healthier weight will be to use an individual's genetic data to customize diets and physical activity plans, an approach known as ...
Dec 23, 2015
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Medications
Experts weigh in on new generation of weight loss medications
We've all seen the ads and read about celebrities who have successfully lost weight using one of the new weight loss medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound that have exploded in popularity over the past year.
Jul 9, 2024
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Overweight & Obesity
Tip the scale in your favor
(HealthDay)—Whether you track your diet efforts on paper or with an app, frequent and consistent self-monitoring contributes to success. However, one aspect of recordkeeping—how often to get on the scale—has been the ...
Dec 5, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Makeup of an individual's gut bacteria may play role in weight loss, study suggests
A preliminary study published in the August issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that, for some people, specific activities of gut bacteria may be responsible for their inability to lose weight, despite adherence to ...
Aug 1, 2018
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Health
Taking a break from dieting may improve weight loss
Avoiding continuous dieting may be the key to losing weight and keeping the kilos off, the latest University of Tasmania research shows.
Sep 19, 2017
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Health
The Keto diet—is eating more fat the key to weight loss?
Models, athletes and celebrities swear by the ketogenic "keto" diet to help shed those unwanted pounds. The keto diet encourages eating more cheese, butter and bacon; it's a low-carb, high-fat diet akin to the Atkins Diet ...
Aug 10, 2017
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Health
Fasting blood sugar and fasting insulin identified as new biomarkers for weight loss
Researchers from the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen today announced the findings from a weight loss biomarker study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN). ...
Jul 7, 2017
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Diabetes
Fasting plasma glucose and insulin are determinants of dietary weight loss success
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, together with colleagues from the University of Colorado, Tufts University, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER OBN) ...
Jun 12, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Brain volume predicts successful weight loss in the elderly
If you're trying to lose weight, what are your chances of success? Your brain may hold the key.
Nov 2, 2016
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