A health-economic evaluation finds a school-based app obesity-prevention programme cost-effective in Chinese primary schools. PICO summary and expert commentary.
Browsing: Obesity & Weight Management
A three-arm trial finds a non-diet, person-centred approach matches a hypocaloric diet on metabolic measures while improving mental well-being in women with obesity. PICO summary and commentary.
A four-arm trial finds combined training plus fisetin most improves adipokines and lipids in men with obesity, with exercise the main driver. PICO summary and commentary.
An RCT finds the weekly GLP-1 agonist PEG-Loxe produces large dose-dependent weight loss in super-obese patients with type 2 diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A feasibility study finds preliminary but non-significant physiological responses to weight stigma in women with obesity, while proving the method workable. PICO summary and commentary.
A four-arm trial finds functional training improves obesity markers in men, with spinach thylakoid supplementation adding little. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A proof-of-concept crossover study finds a fat preload does not change postprandial glucose after sleeve gastrectomy, but raises insulin. PICO summary and commentary.
A 12-week double-blind RCT finds a probiotic-microalgae supplement (CKDB-322) reduces body fat, abdominal fat, triglycerides, and leptin in overweight adults; the study was manufacturer-conducted. PICO summary and commentary.
A small 12-month RCT finds a ketogenic diet gives the largest sustained metabolic improvements while 16:8 time-restricted eating most consistently raises orexin-A; the orexin-A findings are exploratory. PICO summary and commentary.
A secondary analysis of Look AHEAD finds adults who regained weight showed greater declines in diet quality over 3 years than maintainers, an associational finding emphasising sustained dietary quality. PICO summary and commentary.