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#obesity — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #obesity, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Cravings ‘like heroin withdrawal’: what happens when weight-loss drugs don’t work?
    By Nicola Davis Science correspondent

    GLP-1 medications have been a gamechanger in the fight against obesity. But for a minority of patients, their impact is negligible. Why?

    theguardian.com/science/2026/s

    #Weightlossdrugs #Obesity #Medicalresearch #Science #Society #UKnews #TheGuardian #NicolaDavisSciencecorrespondent

  2. Novo Nordisk investors have found little cause for optimism during a sliding share price as rival Eli Lilly streaked ahead, but they may now have reason for hope thanks to the new Wegovy weight-loss pill. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #novonordisk #elililly #glps #obesity #pharmaceuticals

  3. 30) "Exposure to written content eliciting weight stigmatization: Neural responses in appetitive and food reward regions " added to my #toReadList
    --> Exposure to #weightstigma was associated with increased responsiveness to high-calorie food content in the dorsal striatum and thalamus in individuals with #overweight and #obesity.

    pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/378610

  4. 23) The #obesity wars and the education of a researcher: A personal account by K. Flegel. Quick c/p:
    "We also found that overweight was associated with slightly but significantly fewer deaths than normal weight. A quick glance at the literature suggested that our findings about overweight were not particularly unusual. We were unprepared for the firestorm that followed."
    added to my #toReadList
    🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/arti