All obesity articles
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ResearchArray of compounds found in plastics promote fat cell formation in vitro
A third of thousands of chemicals that leach from consumer polymers linked to the development of fat cells
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Podcast
Book Club – The truth about fat
‘Angry chef’ Anthony Warner wants you to understand why people really get fat and how society tricks us into blaming each other
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Feature
The battle to lose weight
Losing weight – and not putting it back on – is about much more than willpower. Nina Notman reports on the drugs trying to penetrate the complex metabolic web of hunger and satiety.
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Research
Brain chemistry hints at how obesity impairs antidepressants
Histamine released in response to obesity or bacterial toxins prevents benefits from SSRIs – and that drugs that target these inflammatory signals may restore them
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Research
Bacterium altered to suppress hunger faces long road to clinic
Engineered microbes produce anti-obesity molecule in mice, but moving to humans poses challenges
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News
EU tightens drug rules in wake of Mediator scandal
Withdrawal of a drug in one EU member state will trigger an alert throughout the rest
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Business
Obesity drug approved in US
Qsymia from Vivus joins Belviq in a lucrative part of the pharma industry
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News
FDA green lights new obesity drug
Agency approval for prescription only obesity drug is first for 13 years
