We are super excited to share that we’re having a tech talk on Tuesday led by co-CEO, Artem Petakov, for the NYC tech/startup community. The title of Artem’s talk is “Transforming Ideas into Reality at Light Speed”, and he’ll be talking about what we learned in 5 years at Noom about rapidly developing good ideas and discarding horrific ones.

You can get in on the action as we live tweet from the event by following our Twitter feed @noom and get your questions answered by tweeting @noom #noomtechtalk

Are you part of the tech community in the NYC area? We’d love for you join us for our tech talk! Please email us at events@noom.com for more information.

A study this week in mice suggests that heart damage from obesity can actually be undone by weight loss. The caveat: The longer the mice were obese, the less likely they were to counteract heart damage. All the more reason to start losing today!

Yet another benefit of weight loss is reduced osteoarthritis symptoms, according to a review of the literature on the topic. This is due to reduced “wear and tear” on joints, researchers say.

Another interesting study explored the neurological pathways associated with impulsive eating. The researchers found that the look or smell of something tasty could inspire us to eat even when we’re not hungry, but that the impulse lasts, on average, only 15 minutes.

And here’s a fun new piece of research: Money can significantly incentivize people to lose weight. When study subjects received cash for achieving their goals or contributed cash when they fell short, they lost about 4 times as much weight. Perhaps it’s time to start gambling on your weight loss?