Clinical trials
Mayo Clinic offers numerous clinical trials related to obesity.
Part of Mayo Clinic's commitment to its patients involves doing research that can help people live longer, healthier lives. Clinical trials are research studies that involve volunteer participants. They help healthcare professionals better understand, diagnose, treat and prevent many different diseases and conditions.
Some of Mayo Clinic's clinical trials related to obesity involve:
- Breakdown of fat cells, also called lipolysis.
- Fat loss before and after menopause.
- Individual differences in muscle tissue.
- How well the insulin people produce works in their bodies.
- Sex differences in fat loss.
- Controlled loss of body fat.
Mayo Clinic also has thousands of other active clinical trials and research studies, and it coordinates national clinical trials with other medical institutions.