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Anti-obesity meds can reduce health disparities and save Black lives

by Jonathan Kinloch, Wayne County Commissioner (District 2)  Over 35% of adults in Michigan are living with obesity, including 42% of Black adults. Obesity disproportionately impacts...

Our sense of taste helps pace our eating – understanding how may lead to new avenues for weight loss

Getty Images Stock Photo by Zachary Knight, University of California, San Francisco As a scientist who investigates hunger and weight control, I’m interested in the...

Powerful new weight loss drugs not a panacea

Overall health and well-being are about much more than just weight management. Carol Yepes/Moment via Getty Images     As Zepbound dominates headlines as a new obesity-fighting drug, a...

What does weight-inclusive health care mean?

People living in larger bodies face constant discrimination and negative messages about their body weight. smartboy10/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images  A dietitian explains what some...

‘Extreme Weight Loss’ star Brandi Mallory dead at 40

Brandi Mallory, who formerly starred on the TV show Extreme Weight Loss, has died, per TMZ. She was 40. According to the Fulton County Medical...

Tracking daily step counts can be a useful tool for weight management

A woman checks her step count on her smart watch while crossing the street. Getty Images Stock Photo by Bob Buresh, Kennesaw State University Over the...

Global diabetes cases on pace to soar to 1.3 billion people in the next 3 decades, new study finds

Nurse doing a glucose blood test on her senior patient, during a home visit. Getty Images Stock photo by Lauryn Stafford, University of Washington and...

Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep it off – here’s the evidence for both sides of the debate

There isn’t a debate, however, on the health benefits of regular exercise. Maryna Terletska/Moment via Getty Images by Donald M. Lamkin, University of California, Los Angeles The...

BMI alone will no longer be treated as the go-to measure for weight management

Getty Images stock photo  – an obesity medicine physician explains the seismic shift taking place by Scott Hagan, University of Washington Amid the buzz around weight loss...

How vinyl chloride, chemical released in the Ohio train derailment, can damage the liver – it’s used to make PVC plastics

by Juliane I. Beier, University of Pittsburgh Vinyl chloride – the chemical in several of the train cars that derailed and burned in East Palestine,...

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