Researchers from Boston University tested a community programme called H2GO!, designed to encourage children to replace sugary soft drinks with water. The trial involved 437 children aged eight to 13 ...

Full Phase III results for the experimental weight-loss drug retatrutide have confirmed substantial reductions in body weight ...

Gestational diabetes was associated with approximately seven times the subsequent rate of type 2 diabetes. Pre-eclampsia and ...

People using real-time continuous glucose monitors had HbA1c levels approximately 0.75 percentage points lower than non-users ...

An experimental treatment combining tirzepatide with a second hormone-based medicine has produced greater weight loss and reductions in blood glucose than tirzepatide alone in people with type 2 ...

People with obesity or overweight and type 2 diabetes lost up to 13.1% of their body weight with survodutide over 76 weeks.

Researchers identified 624 common genetic signals associated with body fat and BMI during childhood. The results suggest childhood and adult obesity overlap biologically but are not simply the same ...

Higher ultra-processed food intake was associated with higher type 2 diabetes risk, while physical activity was associated with lower risk. The research is observational and does not prove that ...

An oral drug called danegaptide showed early biological activity in people with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy. In a ...

Researchers analysed 938,798 pregnancies and found gestational diabetes prevalence rose from 1.5% in 2015 to 6.6% in 2023. The rise was steepest among women with lower incomes, lower educational ...

People with the highest levels of chronic inflammation had a 43% higher risk of major cardiovascular events than those with ...