Weight loss
Health index 2025: 39% of IDF soldiers report urgent need for mental health care
Among IDF soldiers, the picture is even more severe, with 39% reporting a need for mental health support, 26% expressing concern about depression, and 48% reporting sleep disturbances.
Pharmacies report localized shortages as weight-loss injection Mounjaro arrives in Israel
Weight-loss pill approval set to accelerate food industry product overhauls
Complications arise from stopping weight-loss injections before pregnancy, study finds
TikTok and Instagram are driving eating disorders in teens - study
New research from Ashkelon finds that one in eight college students shows signs of pathological eating, with Instagram and TikTok-style content a key risk factor.
Midlife weight loss shows metabolic benefits but sparks brain inflammation in BGU - study
“Our findings show that losing weight in midlife is not a simple copy-and-paste of what works in young adulthood,” Alon Zemer said.
What other health conditions are weight-loss drugs being used and tested for?
Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy can be used for a variety of other conditions, such as Alzheimer's, alcohol addiction, and liver disease.
Who ate all the cheese? Obesity experiment finds way to make fat mice burn more fuel
The researcher also looked at what DCA does directly to fat cells. Using a standard fat cell line grown in the laboratory, the team showed that DCA reduced the amount of fat stored inside these cells
“I cut everything out completely”: Inside Sydney Sweeney’s post-fight body reset
"I had to be really strict with myself," Sweeney says, describing how she cut supplements, switched to a super clean diet and added heavy cardio to drop the weight.
Artificial sweeteners help obese people lose 1.6 kg in a year and improve gut bacteria
WHO recommends against using low-calorie sweeteners for weight control, citing risks of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
The popular supplement for improving sleep that also helps with weight loss
This beloved supplement has received widespread coverage mainly for its positive effect on sleep, but it turns out it can also help with dieting.
Tricking the mind about bariatric surgery: A first-of-its-kind study into hypnotic weightloss
Patients suffering from obesity wore hospital gowns and lay on the operating table, but instead of anesthesia, they underwent an experience of imaginary gastric bypass surgery using hypnosis.
'I lost 25 kilos without surgery': The method that’s taking Israelis by storm
Patients enter an operating room, but instead of undergoing an actual surgical procedure – they experience all stages of a “gastric sleeve surgery” under hypnosis only.
10,000 steps a day? unnecessary. The method everyone is switching to that’s 10 times more effective
Apparently, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t know how many steps they should take each day to lose weight, but it turns out there’s a new method that burns more fat. So how does it work?
Dr to Maariv: Each hostage receives personalized dietitian, choosing food important psychologically
Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus's Prof. Noa Elikim Raz and Dr. Sigal Frishman discuss the care and rehabilitation process for the 20 hostages recently freed from Hamas captivity.
