The Troubled History of Weight Loss Drugs
Pablo Luna on 10th Nov

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Sagging Skin After Massive Weight Loss? Plastic Surgery Can Help
Pablo Luna on 22nd Jan

The good news is that there is now an arsenal of medical options available to men and women in the fight against obesity....

Adriana Bello on 19th May

A new study showed that eating mindfully, meaning choosing and savoring food away from the distractions of television and...

Fasting has rapidly become one of the most sought-ought weight loss methods. Image credit: Nastco / Thinkstock / How Stuff Works, Health
Adriana Bello on 01st May

A new study suggests that intermittent fasting can help with weight loss. Intermittent or alternate-day fasting consists...

Adriana Bello on 07th Mar

New research found that obesity in America has risen in the past years and that chubby people are not interested in losing...

fitness-trackers
Daniel Contreras on 21st Sep

Fitness trackers and other devices don’t aid in weight loss, as suggested by new research published in the Journal of the...

Daniel Francis on 19th Jun

A bizarre ‘stomach tap’ allows people fighting obesity to empty their stomachs before food is digested. The...

Irene Rondon on 14th Jun

San Diego scientists examined FDA-approved drug treatments for obesity and found out that some of them did not provide high...

Daniel Contreras on 07th May

Metabolic adaptation may not adjust accurately after regaining weight. People who’s successful at maintaining weight...

The intragastric balloon is placed inside the human's stomach to create a sensation of fullness. Image credit: Hedden Plastic Surgery Youtube Channel
David Montes on 12th Aug

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), five people have died since 2016 after using intragastric balloons,...