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Andres Acosta, MD, PhD

Acosta is a consultant and assistant professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He also co-founded Phenomix Sciences.

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July 09, 2024
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Q&A: Phenotype test predicting semaglutide response could ‘change conversation’ on obesity

In a Healio exclusive, Andres J. Acosta, MD, PhD, highlights data demonstrating that the MyPhenome test may serve as a biomarker to determine whether a patient with obesity will be a “good responder” to semaglutide.

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May 05, 2023
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‘Phenotype-informed interventions’ hold key to treat obesity, break weight cycling

Although an estimated 45 million Americans will try a diet each year, roughly 90% of people who lose weight end up gaining it back.

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November 30, 2022
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Phenotype-tailored diets ‘set patients up for success’ in weight loss, health outcomes

It has long been said that the best way to treat obesity is to eat a healthy, reduced-calorie diet and exercise regularly.

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June 04, 2022
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VIDEO: Brain-gut communication and its role in food intake, obesity epidemic

SAN DIEGO — In a Healio video exclusive, Andres Acosta, MD, PhD, outlines research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022 that focused on the relationship between gastric function and the regulation of food intake.