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Intervals ranked best for belly fat, but more was not better
Pooling 60 trials in 3,308 adults, researchers ranked four kinds of exercise against the fat packed around the organs. Intervals came top, and the dose-response curve turned back on itself past a moderate weekly load.
Aug 4, 2026
Metformin added nothing to exercise in older adults
A randomized trial in The Lancet Healthy Longevity gave 114 older adults with obesity an intensive lifestyle program, with metformin or a dummy pill. The drug added no extra improvement in physical function.
Aug 4, 2026
An oral GLP-1 pill cut weight 9% in a phase 2 trial
A trial in Nature Communications tested a once-daily GLP-1 tablet in 235 Chinese adults with obesity. The top dose beat placebo by about 7 percentage points over 26 weeks, with the usual gut side effects.
Aug 4, 2026
Diet and exercise cut disease risk whatever the scale says
A study in The Lancet Regional Health - Americas followed 142,041 US adults. Those highest for activity and diet quality had 46% lower chronic disease risk, and the effect held after accounting for body weight at several life stages.
Aug 4, 2026