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A shift in global health has reached a critical threshold, as more than one billion people worldwide were now living with obesity, according to a comprehensive report released by the World Health Organisation in December 2025.Also read |Inside India’s silent emergency: Country ranks 2nd globally in childhood obesity, second only to China

Obesity is a major risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC), yet the mechanisms linking obesity-associated gut dysbiosis to tumor progression remain unclear. Here, we show that a high-fat diet and fecal microbiota from patients with obesity-associated CRC deplete the GABA-producing commensal Bacteroides ovatus, resulting in reduced luminal GABA and accelerated tumorigenesis. Microbial GABA activates epithelial…

Samantha Benitz, Meredith Nardino and Katherine Schaffstall Mon, July 27, 2026 at 10:29 PM UTC

Medicare spends billions of dollars each year treating heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, cancer and other illnesses caused or worsened by obesity. Yet for decades, federal law has barred the program from covering medicines prescribed to treat obesity itself

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Researchers found that shifting this one norm delivered surprising cognitive benefits

S&P 500LLYNVOAMGNPFEMRK 10 min read | July 27, 2026 02:20 PM PDT | By Anmol Khazanchi Google News:

Researchers headed by a team at the Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, have solved the mystery of why both stimulating and blocking a particular receptor, or switch, in the brain can help people lose weight. Their study in mice indicated that the answer lies in where the receptor, called GIPR, is located. The…

NEW real-world evidence shows that GLP-1 receptor agonists significantly reduce joint pain and inflammation in psoriatic arthritis. Patients living with psoriatic arthritis frequently experience a heavy metabolic disease burden, with concomitant obesity operating as a primary driver of heightened systemic inflammation, severe disease activity, and reduced response to biological therapies. To evaluate the therapeutic potential…

With the increase in the use of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, a Saskatoon group focused on body positivity says an email from a local doctor left them questioning how the medications are being promoted and prescribed