A recently developed program through WVU Medicine Medical Weight Management is encouraging patients to add more vegetables to their diet while demonstrating simple recipes using healthy ingredients. For four weeks, approximately 20 patients of the weight management clinic met with ...
by Kelly Springer A new report shows that more than 15.5 million people have used GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) receptor agonists like Semaglutide for weight loss. With summer here and many people wanting to shed a few extra pounds, the question is: Are these injections being ...
In a recent survey conducted by Forbes Health, losing weight and improving diet rank among the top five New Year’s resolutions for 2024. However, nutrition experts at WVU warn against making drastic changes or following diet trends in order to achieve these goals. Forbes Health found the ...
by Lisa Jarvis This year, the incredible potential of obesity medicines like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound started to come into view. The drugs work so well for so many that it’s starting to look like they could change the literal and metaphorical ...
West Virginia has a weight problem. Forty-one percent of state residents are clinically obese, which is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of greater than 30 (18.5 to 24.9 is considered normal). And West Virginians are not alone. The national obesity rate has increased 37% since ...
by Lisa Jarvis New data from an experimental drug being developed by Eli Lilly & Co. raises an intriguing question about obesity treatments: How low can the weight loss go? For a subset of patients in a mid-stage study of retatrutide, the answer seems to be very, very ...