Research That Led to Obesity Drugs Wins Major Medical Prize
WEB1 day ago · Sept. 19, 2024, 9:00 a.m. ET. The Lasker Awards, a prestigious set of prizes given for advances in medicine and public health research, were given on Thursday to scientists whose research helped ...
Obesity-drug pioneers win prestigious Lasker Award for medical
WEB1 day ago · NEWS; 19 September 2024; Obesity-drug pioneers win prestigious Lasker Award for medical science. Three scientists are honoured for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel ...
Harvard Medical School Researcher Wins 2024 Lasker Award for …
WEB1 day ago · Harvard Medical School researcher Joel Habener has won the 2024 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his discovery of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a molecule that has become the basis for therapies which have transformed the treatment of obesity.Lasker awards, sometimes called “America’s …
Weight loss drug liraglutide shows real promise for younger …
WEBSep 10, 2024 · The researchers looked at the effects of the drug on children between the ages of 6 and 12 who had what’s considered to be a high BMI. The average 10-year-old in the study, Fox said, weighed ...
New CDC Data Show Adult Obesity Prevalence Remains High
WEBSep 12, 2024 · For immediate release: September 12, 2024. New CDC population data from 2023 show that in 23 states more than one in three adults (35%) has obesity. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%. Currently, at least one in five adults (20%) in each U.S. state is living with obesity. "This new data highlight the …
New weight loss drugs are coming, and they could burn more ... - NBC News
WEBThe next wave of obesity drugs is coming soon. Drug companies are racing to develop GLP-1 drugs following the blockbuster success of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and...
Obesity News - ScienceDaily
WEB5 days ago · Obesity research and facts. Read the latest medical research on obesity. Evaluate weight loss programs and choose a diet plan based on your health and lifestyle needs.
At least one in eight people now obese | UN News
WEBFeb 29, 2024 · At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, citing a newly released global medical study. That’s one billion people who...
One in eight people are now living with obesity
WEBMar 1, 2024 · New study released by the Lancet shows that, in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are now living with obesity. Worldwide, obesity among adults has more than doubled since 1990, and has quadrupled among children and …
Adult Obesity Prevalence Remains High; Support for Prevention …
WEBSep 21, 2023 · New population data from 2022 show 22 states have an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%, compared to 19 states in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Just ten years ago, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%.