In a nutshell Most commercial fitness trackers provide inaccurate calorie burn estimates for people with obesity, due to differences in body shape, movement, and gait that these devices weren’t ...

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Get a load of this — you may be obese after all! About 40% of US adults — more than 100 million Americans — are considered ...

For many, fitness trackers have become indispensable tools for monitoring how many calories they've burned in a day. But for those living with obesity, who are known to exhibit differences in walking ...

A new algorithm enables smartwatch fitness trackers to more accurately monitor energy expenditure of people with obesity during physical activity.

A multi-institutional team of researchers, including two Northwestern University engineers, has received up to $34 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to fast-track ...

A phenotype-based profiling test can help predict whether a patient might respond better to one antiobesity medicine or ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new algorithm that enables smartwatches to more accurately monitor the calories burned by people with obesity during various physical activities.

For the first time, a drug has been shown so effective against obesity that patients may dodge many of its worst consequences, including diabetes, researchers reported Wednesday. The drug, semaglut… ...

A study from Northwestern Medicine found that, at a higher dosage, the diabetes medication semaglutide is more effective than FDA-approved weight-loss drugs currently on the market.