obesity
GLP-1 Use Impacts Declining Obesity Rate
Are Americans more obsessed with weight loss than other cultures? Well, maybe we should be. The obesity statistics are scary. That said, could the obesity rate be on the decline? According to the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index, after peaking at a record high of 39.9 percent in 2022, the U.S. adult obesity rate ...
Healthy Liver, Longer Life
I think the liver is the overlooked workhorse of the body. Most people know that the liver is the major organ of detoxification. Without the liver, that shot of tequila would be around for a very long time indeed, circulating and causing trouble. We would not be able to live much more than a day ...
Obesity Rates in U.S. May Be Declining, Survey Says
According to new data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the obesity rate in the United States dropped by roughly two percentage points between 2020 and 2023. There is no direct evidence that links the declining rates with the growing popularity of GLP-1 prescription weight loss drugs such as Wegovy, Ozempic and ...
Alchemilla vulgaris, Olea europaea, Mentha longifolia, Cuminum cyminum: Clinical Research for Weight Loss
Historically, different cultures have had different standards for what constitutes being at a desirable body weight. Mild overweight was generally accepted in ancient Arab societies and considered a reflection of a high socioeconomic level and part of the desired beauty standards in those days.1 Only severe obesity was considered suitable for treatment using specific medicinal ...
Will Consumers Buy In to Legitimate Weight Management Solutions?
Are Americans more obsessed with weight loss than other cultures? Well, maybe we should be. The obesity statistics are scary. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the United States obesity prevalence was 41.9 percent in 2017—March 2020. From 1999—2000 through 2017—March 2020, the U.S. obesity prevalence increased from 30.5 percent to ...
Achieving Critical Balance: Supporting Healthy Blood Sugar Levels
A category not well-understood by consumers, here’s how to help them navigate their lives to achieve and sustain healthy blood sugar levels for the long-term. When a parent or other family member is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, it is often a wake-up call for the “diagnosee,” but also for healthy family members. But that ...
Supporting Healthy Detoxification
Detoxification is a process that is imperative to our overall well-being; however, the concept of detoxification has become hijacked by the health industry. As Edzard Ernst, professor of complementary medicine at the University of Exeter put it, the concept of detoxing is the marketing equivalent of drawing go faster stripes on your car. And while ...
NPA Submits Comments to White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
For the first time in nearly 50 years, President Biden is hosting the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. This conference follows a series of meetings over the last several months where White House officials, nutrition and health experts strategized how to end hunger and increase healthier outcomes by 2030 so that fewer ...
ICYMI: NPA’s Fabricant Appears on CBS “The Doctors”
Daniel Fabricant, PhD., president and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA) and the former chief regulator of the dietary supplement industry appeared on the CBS show “The Doctors” on February 7, 2022. Fabricant discussed the unintended consequences of legislation in California that would place age restrictions on nutritional supplements. The legislation recently passed by ...
California Assembly Votes to Restrict Access to Supplements
The California Assembly on January 27 passed legislation by a vote of 44-12 that would place age restrictions on nutritional supplements and impose costly burdens on small businesses. The bill will now go through the committee process in the California Senate. The Natural Products Association (NPA) warns that the bill will lead to unintended consequences that include ...
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