The future of weight loss is looking more varied by the second.
The fundus is thought to play an important role in generating our sense of hunger.
Ten patients living with obesity, all women, took part in the trial.
A doctor holding an instrument used for endoscopy.Image: sfam_photo (Shutterstock)
Outside of bariatric surgery, they note, there are no treatments that work by affecting ghrelin levels.
This is just the beginning.
The first question was whether we can endoscopically reduce hunger and ghrelin.
The answer is: yes, we can, he said.
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