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obesity

[oh-bee-si-tee] / oʊˈbi sɪ ti /


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These include conditions such as obesity and high blood pressure, both of which can be managed to help support long-term brain health.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

He views Lilly’s selective amylin agonist, eloralintide, a once-weekly injectable and potential obesity treatment, as another potential winner, noting its potentially best-in-class tolerability and efficacy.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

AstraZeneca is the only company for which obesity offers room for positive surprises, given that it isn’t factored into consensus expectations, according to Jefferies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Zealand Pharma shares fell sharply after partner Boehringer Ingelheim said nearly one-fifth of patients in a late-stage study for an experimental obesity shot pulled out due to gastrointestinal side effects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“Increasingly, though, there’s evidence that watching TV—and, especially, watching junk food ads on TV—promotes obesity by changing mainly what and how much people eat, less so by changing how much they move.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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