obesity
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Eli Lilly’s third-quarter revenue climbed 39% to $24.4 billion, driven by demand for its diabetes and obesity drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The medical examiner’s office also noted that Bauza lived with sleep apnea and class 2 obesity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
What if one of the keys to fighting obesity lies not in suppressing appetite, but in changing how the body's cells use energy?
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The discovery builds on earlier experiments in mice, in which switching off Mitch in muscle tissue increased energy expenditure, improved endurance, and protected the animals from diet-related obesity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Here was an example of insane optimism coupled with the naive popular belief that a few hours of therapy can cure everything from chronic obesity to a lifetime of poverty.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
It does not require a Paxton to know that a hole in the stage two feet square, will not hold Barnum's obesities.
From Physiology of The Opera by John H. Swaby
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