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With funding from ARPA-H, a team led by Columbia researchers plans to build an implantable device—filled with engineered cells—that regulates appetite, digestion, and blood sugar.
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A new BRAIN Initiative atlas showcases the diverse cell populations within the human hypothalamus, paving the way to discovering novel cellular targets for obesity and metabolic disease
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Wegovy (semaglutide) produces the greatest weight loss in teenagers, but a study by Columbia researchers finds that the trendy obesity drug is not cost-effective at its current price.
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Losing weight is often the easy part; keeping it off is usually a struggle. In the POWERS study, Columbia researchers are now delving into the reasons why some people succeed and some fail.
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- November 21, 2013
Targeting an enzyme that raises both sugar and insulin levels in the obese may prevent and treat diabetes.
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- November 18, 2013
Columbia has honored Philipp E. Scherer, PhD for helping usher in a new understanding of fat and its role in diabetes and other metabolic diseases.
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- September 18, 2013
Drs. Rudolph Leibel and Michael Rosenbaum are members of a multi-center collaboration that plans to test competing hypotheses of obesity and weight gain.
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- August 19, 2013
A new study from the Mailman School of Public Health finds that obesity accounts for 18 percent of American deaths.
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- July 3, 2013
Conventional wisdom says obesity is good for bones, but a new study of premenopausal women finds that belly fat is associated with poor bone quality.
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- June 17, 2013
Obese adolescents are more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to have hearing loss – results of a new study led by Columbia’s Dr. Anil Lalwani.
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- June 13, 2013
A Mailman School of Public Health study finds that low-income individuals would not be disproportionately affected by legislation to restrict consumption of large sugar-sweetened beverages.
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- June 4, 2013
Almost half of gastric bypass patients have their diabetes under control one year after surgery, a new study has found.
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- March 1, 2013
With funding from ChildObesity180, schools around the country can implement an exercise program developed at CHALK.
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- October 3, 2012
Will NYC's new "soda ban" reduce obesity? P&S internist Deepu Gowda, MD, MPH – who voted for the "ban" – explains his reasoning.
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