Daily steps and less sitting associated with healthier pregnancies
Women who averaged about seven hours of sedentary time per day instead of more than ten, and spent…
Exercise during pregnancy links to lower infant BMI at one year
Mothers who followed a supervised exercise program throughout pregnancy had babies with lower BMI and reduced odds of…
Could GLP-1 drugs help prevent breast cancer? New study points to a possible link
A major breast imaging study links GLP-1 agonists to lower breast cancer incidence, raising hopes for a new…
An experimental GLP-1 pushes the limits of weight loss. There are risks.
Eli Lilly this month unveiled startling new data that showed an experimental weight-loss drug caused people with obesity…
A new tool that predicts obesity-related disease risk beyond BMI
A data-driven tool built from nearly 200,000 individuals reveals who is most likely to develop serious obesity-related diseases,…
Maternal weight before pregnancy may shape toddlers’ development
A large Korean study links pre-pregnancy underweight and obesity to early developmental delays, while suggesting that risk may…
Higher stress and BMI tied to earlier puberty in girls
New research reveals how stress, body weight, and hormone patterns interact to influence when puberty begins, offering fresh…
Study links ultra-processed food intake to poorer thigh muscle quality
A new MRI study suggests that diets high in ultra-processed foods may be linked to fattier, poorer-quality thigh…
Waist-to-height ratio outperforms BMI in predicting hypertension risk
New waist-to-height cut-offs to assess fat mass and obesity predicted the risk of hypertension better than body mass…
Low birthweight increases stroke risk independent of adult BMI
In new research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15…
Higher sugar intake raises gallstone risk in adults, study finds
Researchers analyzing recent NHANES data found that adults with higher total sugar intake had greater odds of gallstones,…
Puberty reshapes DNA to worsen or reverse insulin resistance
A longitudinal study shows that puberty may reprogram children’s epigenetic profiles in ways that track worsening or improving…