Study raises hope for obesity treatment

sea-maid submitted, created time 5 hours 52 minutes (news.yahoo.com)

U.S. researchers may have found an obesity treatment that unlocks the fat-fighting promise of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone once hailed as the answer to the battle of the bulge.

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Pfizer ends development of obesity drug

piggy submitted, created time 2 months 21 hours (www.reuters.com)

NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc on Wednesday became the latest drugmaker to abandon an obesity treatment that works by blocking the receptors in the brain that makes people hungry after smoking marijuana.

The world's largest drugmaker said it was terminating late stage development of its experimental obesity drug, CP-945,598, citing a more conservative regulatory climate and problems seen with other medicines from the same class

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Help Americans slim down while gas pricesget higher

saury submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (www.reutershealth.com)

I think it's a good idea to see that new "Higher gasoline prices can reduce obesity by leading people to walk or cycle instead of drive and eat leaner at home instead of rich food at restaurants."

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Diet Foods May Promote Child Obesity

Serena0 submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (children.webmd.com)

Researchers say the findings indicate that eating diet foods early in life may inadvertently lead to overeating and obesity later on.

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Secretory granule neuroendocrine protein 1 (SGNE1) genetic variation and glucose intolerance in severe childhood and adult obesity

captainclaw submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.biomedcentral.com)

"SGNE1 genetic variation does not contribute to obesity and common forms of T2D but may worsen glucose intolerance and insulin resistance, especially in the background of severe and early onset obesity. Further molecular studies are required to understand the molecular bases involved in this process."

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Protein's role in lipid absorption may be important to future weight-loss strategies

bianjie submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (mednews.wustl.edu)

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a protein absorbs lipids in the upper part of the intestine, and they believe its key role in this process may provide a novel approach for obesity treatment in the future.

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