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How do you measure your health? WHI comes up with two potent indicators

How do you measure your health? WHI comes up with two potent indicators

New studies using Women’s Health Initiative data highlight new ‘biomarkers’ to predict mortality risk and guide providers' care
Hutch NewsJuly 08, 2025
Another look at leptin

Another look at leptin

Fred Hutch researchers discover molecular switch for an appetite-regulating hormone, reviving dashed hopes for an obesity drug
Hutch NewsJuly 01, 2024
The new weight-loss drugs and cancer

The new weight-loss drugs and cancer

What patients and doctors need to know when it comes to the popular new injections and pills
Hutch NewsMarch 28, 2024
Cancer prevention community mourns epidemiologist Dr. Alan Kristal

Cancer prevention community mourns epidemiologist Dr. Alan Kristal

Pioneering researcher studied how diet can lower cancer risk
Hutch NewsMarch 28, 2019
Multiethnic insight into the genetic risk for obesity

Multiethnic insight into the genetic risk for obesity

From the Peters Group, Public Health Sciences Division.
Science SpotlightMarch 19, 2018
Study in overweight/obese women finds diet plus exercise is more effective for weight loss than either method alone

Study in overweight/obese women finds diet plus exercise is more effective for weight loss than either method alone

Randomized trial in postmenopausal women found those who combined a low-fat, low-calorie diet with regular aerobic exercise shed nearly 11 percent of their starting weight
News ReleasesApril 14, 2011
Study of Yup'ik Eskimos suggests high consumption of omega-3 fats reduces risk of obesity-related disease

Study of Yup'ik Eskimos suggests high consumption of omega-3 fats reduces risk of obesity-related disease

Fish-rich diet linked to reduction in markers of chronic disease risk in overweight/obese people
News ReleasesMarch 24, 2011