{"id":12985,"date":"2026-01-27T09:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.caixaresearch.org\/?p=12985"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:45:02","slug":"facing-the-scale-through-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.caixaresearch.org\/en\/facing-the-scale-through-science\/","title":{"rendered":"A scientific approach to weight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We ask the experts<\/em>, Guadalupe Sabio and Beatriz Cicu\u00e9ndez: How can we approach weight from a scientific view?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A <\/span>new year<\/b> has begun<\/span> and, with it, new (or renewed) resolutions<\/b>. Perhaps to take up a new hobby? Join a gym? Go on a diet to lose a few kilos? In any case, it’s common for our weight to figure prominently in a lot of these proposals, as indeed it has in many headlines recently.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy<\/b>… <\/span>The emergence of <\/span>new drugs that promise rapid, almost miraculous weight loss <\/b>has once again placed weight at the centre of social debate, from the press to social media and everyday conversations. <\/span>But<\/span> what if we look beyond the number shown by the scales and take this issue to the lab?<\/b><\/p>\n

In this <\/span>Ask the Expert<\/i><\/b>, we propose shifting the focus from the urgent desire to lose weight to the need to understand the reasons for being overweight in the first place and its consequences as a complex health problem. To do so, we spoke with <\/span>Guadalupe Sabio<\/b><\/a>, an expert researcher in metabolism, and <\/span>Beatriz Cicu\u00e9ndez<\/b><\/a>, a doctoral student and “la Caixa” Foundation fellow. So what does science say about how to deal with weight problems? <\/span>And why are there no miracle solutions?<\/b><\/p>\n

Let’s begin:<\/span><\/p>\n

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