weight loss
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WeightWatchers To Acquire Chronic Weight Management Digital Health Platform
WeightWatchers will acquire Sequence, a platform that allows patients to have virtual appointments with a clinician, gives access to a dietitian and fitness coaching and provides prescription medications, including Ozempic and Wegovy. The deal is anticipated to close during the second quarter of 2023, and WeightWatchers will pay the net purchase price of $106 million.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Weight Loss in a Pill Device Firm Allurion Heads to NYSE via SPAC Merger
Allurion Technologies has developed a gastric balloon that does not require surgery. The merger deal taking Allurion public comes as the company continues global commercialization of its technology.
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Hospitals, MedCity Influencers, Consumer / Employer, Physicians
Obesity is a disease—and it’s treatable
Obesity is a disease, and America’s healthcare providers and hospital systems must be part of changing how we treat it. That means many of us in the health ecosystem must reexamine how we view patients with excess weight.
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America’s obesity epidemic requires action, not posturing
Pinterest’s move to outright ban all ads referring to weight loss — regardless of quality of information — is woefully misguided, writes a former Pinterest executive.
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Startups, Artificial Intelligence
Lark Health shows impact of its diabetes prevention program on older patients
Among the 360 participants over the age of 50 in the study, the company was able to drive an average of 4.3 percent body weight loss, which works out to an average of 4.4 kgs.
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A 23andMe study of genomics and weight loss seeks pathway to personalized plans to peel pounds
23andMe’s weight loss study reflects the company’s push to refine genomic tests by identifying genetic determinants of various diseases and chronic conditions. The study also dovetails with other companies that want to take on the country’s weight management challenge with genetic testing.
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What’s weighing down the billion-dollar obesity drug market?
Why have FDA-approved anti-obesity drugs largely failed, at a time when two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese?
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
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Pop culture misinterpretation of “fit foods” is spurring weight gain instead of weight loss
Protein bars and salads are deemed “fit foods,” or healthy foods, and because of that labeling, people tend to eat more of them.
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What really happens to fat when we “burn” it?
Many people will be planning to hit the gym and drop some extra weight as […]
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How easy is it to trick the smart fork?
Need something to help you eat more slowly and lose weight? There’s a fork for […]
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Awful but funny: Talking weight loss app dishes out insults to help you lose weight
The meanest weight loss coach ever has landed in the app store, and her name […]