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Is Metabolic Health More Important Than Weight?
A 44-study meta-analysis finds poor metabolic health predicts heart risk at least as strongly as weight category — but with caveats about pooled data.
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Do Ultra-Processed Foods Cause Colorectal Cancer?
A 19-year study of 461,682 older US adults found no overall link between ultra-processed food and colorectal cancer — but risk split by food type.
How Many People Have Clinical Obesity?
A 786,557-person analysis finds a new clinical obesity definition counts more older adults than BMI but fewer young children; the authors call it preliminary.
Which Obesity Drugs Work for Teens?
A network meta-analysis of 42 trials found medication plus lifestyle counseling gave the greatest short-term BMI reduction in children and teens.
Can GLP-1 Drugs Slow Aging?
Semaglutide extended median lifespan in female mice, but the human anti-aging case rests on a company preprint and unpublished biomarker data.
Can Vegetarians Build as Much Muscle?
A 12-week trial in 108 adults 55+ found both vegetarian and omnivorous diets built muscle — but non-inferiority wasn't proven and vegetarian protein was lower.
Does Exercise Beat Weight-Loss Drugs for Your Arteries?
In a prespecified S-LiTE analysis, one year of exercise — not liraglutide alone — tracked with thinner carotid artery walls in 130 adults with obesity.
Can Diet Stop Menopause Weight Gain?
A 12-year study of 38,283 US women tied plant-forward diets to slightly less weight gain at menopause — an association, not proof diet stops it.
Does a Longevity Diet Work in Humans?
In old mice a low-protein diet with added methionine cut fat and frailty without cutting calories but did not extend life; a human diabetes link was unadjusted.
Can a GLP-1 Pill Work as Well as a Diabetes Pill?
In an 810-person phase 3 trial in China, an investigational oral GLP-1 pill lowered HbA1c about as much as the diabetes pill dapagliflozin over 32 weeks.