Shenzhen Institutes Of Advanced Technology ,chinese Academy Of Sciences

This study tested if the medication semaglutide (a weekly injection) helps prevent the body from slowing down its calorie burn during weight loss. For 24 weeks, 60 adults with obesity followed a calorie-restricted diet and received either semaglutide or a placebo. Researchers mea…

This study aimed to understand why some people are naturally very lean but healthy. Researchers compared about 200 very lean people to people of normal weight, measuring their bodies, hormones, food intake, and gut bacteria. The goal was to learn how gut microbes might be linked …

This study aimed to understand how the physical length of a person's intestines and the types of bacteria living there are related to how efficiently they absorb energy from food. Researchers scanned the guts of 42 healthy volunteers using MRI and analyzed their stool to measure …