Weight loss

Living better for longer: Israeli fitness experts on how to stay strong and healthy as you age

Longevity, which refers not only to the number of years a person lives but also to the number of years they stay healthy and active, is an increasingly important and popular topic today. 

Physical Fitness.
New study reveals: How do you maintain weight loss even after stopping a diet?

New study reveals: How do you maintain weight loss even after stopping a diet?

White wine

The alcoholic beverages that will do the least damage to your diet

Radiation therapy for a cancer patient

New study: Possible link between weight-loss drugs and slowing cancer spread


Midlife weight loss shows metabolic benefits but sparks brain inflammation in BGU - study

“Our findings show that losing weight in midlife is not a simple copy-and-paste of what works in young adulthood,” Alon Zemer said.

Weight Loss

What other health conditions are weight-loss drugs being used and tested for?

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy can be used for a variety of other conditions, such as Alzheimer's, alcohol addiction, and liver disease.

 Boxes with the popular weight loss injection drug, Wegovy.

Who ate all the cheese? Obesity experiment finds way to make fat mice burn more fuel

The researcher also looked at what DCA does directly to fat cells. Using a standard fat cell line grown in the laboratory, the team showed that DCA reduced the amount of fat stored inside these cells

Experimental drug helps obese mice shed fat, hints at new way to tackle obesity

“I cut everything out completely”: Inside Sydney Sweeney’s post-fight body reset

"I had to be really strict with myself," Sweeney says, describing how she cut supplements, switched to a super clean diet and added heavy cardio to drop the weight.

Sydney Sweeney poses during the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute with this year's theme 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,' in New York City, New York, U.S., May 5, 2025.

Artificial sweeteners help obese people lose 1.6 kg in a year and improve gut bacteria

WHO recommends against using low-calorie sweeteners for weight control, citing risks of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

Artificial Sweeteners.

The popular supplement for improving sleep that also helps with weight loss

This beloved supplement has received widespread coverage mainly for its positive effect on sleep, but it turns out it can also help with dieting.

Vitamin capsule

Tricking the mind about bariatric surgery: A first-of-its-kind study into hypnotic weightloss

Patients suffering from obesity wore hospital gowns and lay on the operating table, but instead of anesthesia, they underwent an experience of imaginary gastric bypass surgery using hypnosis.

MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGIST Maya Mizrahi with a patient undergoing hypnosis instead of real bariatric surgery.

'I lost 25 kilos without surgery': The method that’s taking Israelis by storm

Patients enter an operating room, but instead of undergoing an actual surgical procedure – they experience all stages of a “gastric sleeve surgery” under hypnosis only.

Hypnosis process for weight loss

10,000 steps a day? unnecessary. The method everyone is switching to that’s 10 times more effective

Apparently, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t know how many steps they should take each day to lose weight, but it turns out there’s a new method that burns more fat. So how does it work?

A woman walking

Dr to Maariv: Each hostage receives personalized dietitian, choosing food important psychologically

Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus's Prof. Noa Elikim Raz and Dr. Sigal Frishman discuss the care and rehabilitation process for the 20 hostages recently freed from Hamas captivity.

Dr Sigal Frishman, head of nutrition at Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus, October 2025.