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Jebsen Center for Obesity Research (CORA)\" style=\"color:#0054a2\">K.G. Jebsen Center for Obesity Research (CORA)<\/h1><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7274&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div id=\"KnM9nf\" class=\"PZPZlf\" data-attrid=\"tw-sourceArea\" data-entityname=\"Google Translate\">\n<div id=\"tw-container\" class=\"nev7se\" data-cp=\"1\" data-nnttsvi=\"1\" data-sletp=\"false\" data-sm=\"1\" data-ssbp=\"false\" data-sugg-time=\"500\" data-sugg-url=\"https:\/\/clients1.google.com\/complete\/search\" data-uilc=\"no\" data-vil=\",af,af-ZA,am,am-ET,ar-EG,ar-AE,ar-KW,ar-QA,ar,ar-IL,ar-JO,ar-LB,ar-PS,az,az-AZ,bg,bg-BG,bn,bn-BD,bn-IN,ca,ca-es,cs,cs-CZ,de,de-DE,de-CH,de-AT,de-LI,en,en-US,en-CA,en-AU,en-NZ,en-GB,en-IN,en-KE,en-TZ,en-NG,en-GH,en-PH,en-ZA,es,es-ES,es-AR,es-UY,es-419,es-BO,es-CL,es-CR,es-CO,es-DO,es-EC,es-GT,es-HN,es-NI,es-PA,es-PE,es-PR,es-PY,es-SV,es-VE,es-MX,es-US,eu,eu-ES,fi,fi-FI,fr,fr-FR,fr-CH,fr-BE,gl,gl-ES,gu,gu-IN,he,he-IL,iw,iw-IL,hu,hu-HU,hy,hy-AM,id,id-ID,is,is-IS,it,it-IT,it-CH,ja,ja-JP,jv,jv-ID,ka,ka-GE,km,km-KH,kn,kn-IN,ko,ko-KR,la,lo,lo-LA,lv,lv-LV,ml,ml-IN,mr,mr-IN,ms,ms-MY,nl,nl-NL,nb,nb-NO,ne,ne-NP,pl,pl-PL,pt,pt-BR,pt-PT,ro,ro-RO,ru,ru-RU,si-LK,sk,sk-SK,sr,sr-RS,su,su-ID,sv,sv-SE,sw,sw-TZ,sw-KE,ta,ta-IN,ta-SG,ta-LK,ta-MY,te,te-IN,tr,tr-TR,ur,ur-PK,ur-IN,yue,yue-HK,yue-Hant-HK,zh-HK,zh,zh-CN,zh-cmn,zh-cmn-CN,zh-Hans,zh-Hans-CN,zh-cmn-Hans,zh-cmn-Hans-CN,cmn-CN,cmn-Hans,cmn-Hans-CN,zh-TW,zh-Hant-TW,cmn-TW,cmn-Hant-TW,zh-cmn-TW,zh-cmn-Hant-TW,zu,zu-ZA,hi,hi-IN,tl,tl-PH,pa,pa-IN\">\n<div id=\"tw-ob\" class=\"tw-src-ltr\">\n<div class=\"oSioSc\">\n<div id=\"tw-target\">\n<div id=\"kAz1tf\" class=\"g9WsWb PZPZlf\" data-attrid=\"tw-targetArea\" data-entityname=\"Google Translate\">\n<div id=\"tw-target-text-container\" class=\"tw-ta-container tw-nfl\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"text\">\n<div id=\"tw-container\" class=\"nev7se\" data-cp=\"1\" data-nnttsvi=\"1\" data-sletp=\"false\" data-ssbp=\"false\" data-sugg-time=\"500\" data-sugg-url=\"https:\/\/clients1.google.com\/complete\/search\" data-uilc=\"no\" data-vil=\",af,af-ZA,am,am-ET,ar-EG,ar-AE,ar-KW,ar-QA,ar,ar-IL,ar-JO,ar-LB,ar-PS,az,az-AZ,bg,bg-BG,bn,bn-BD,bn-IN,ca,ca-es,cs,cs-CZ,de,de-DE,de-CH,de-AT,de-LI,en,en-US,en-CA,en-AU,en-NZ,en-GB,en-IN,en-KE,en-TZ,en-NG,en-GH,en-PH,en-ZA,es,es-ES,es-AR,es-UY,es-419,es-BO,es-CL,es-CR,es-CO,es-DO,es-EC,es-GT,es-HN,es-NI,es-PA,es-PE,es-PR,es-PY,es-SV,es-VE,es-MX,es-US,eu,eu-ES,fi,fi-FI,fr,fr-FR,fr-CH,fr-BE,gl,gl-ES,gu,gu-IN,he,he-IL,iw,iw-IL,hu,hu-HU,hy,hy-AM,id,id-ID,is,is-IS,it,it-IT,it-CH,ja,ja-JP,jv,jv-ID,ka,ka-GE,km,km-KH,kn,kn-IN,ko,ko-KR,la,lo,lo-LA,lv,lv-LV,ml,ml-IN,mr,mr-IN,ms,ms-MY,nl,nl-NL,nb,nb-NO,ne,ne-NP,pl,pl-PL,pt,pt-BR,pt-PT,ro,ro-RO,ru,ru-RU,si-LK,sk,sk-SK,sr,sr-RS,su,su-ID,sv,sv-SE,sw,sw-TZ,sw-KE,ta,ta-IN,ta-SG,ta-LK,ta-MY,te,te-IN,tr,tr-TR,ur,ur-PK,ur-IN,yue,yue-HK,yue-Hant-HK,zh-HK,zh,zh-CN,zh-cmn,zh-cmn-CN,zh-Hans,zh-Hans-CN,zh-cmn-Hans,zh-cmn-Hans-CN,cmn-CN,cmn-Hans,cmn-Hans-CN,zh-TW,zh-Hant-TW,cmn-TW,cmn-Hant-TW,zh-cmn-TW,zh-cmn-Hant-TW,zu,zu-ZA,hi,hi-IN,tl,tl-PH,pa,pa-IN\">\n<div id=\"tw-ob\" class=\"tw-src-ltr\">\n<div class=\"oSioSc\">\n<div id=\"tw-target\">\n<div id=\"kAz1tf\" class=\"g9WsWb PZPZlf\" data-attrid=\"tw-targetArea\" data-entityname=\"Google Translate\">\n<div id=\"tw-target-text-container\" class=\"tw-ta-container tw-nfl\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"text\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"tw-target-rmn-container\" class=\"tw-target-rmn tw-ta-container tw-nfl\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\">\n<p id=\"tw-target-rmn\" class=\"tw-data-placeholder tw-text-small tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\">Obesity is one of the most challenging health problems in the world as it dramatically augments risks of weight related complications and puts a high burden on public health care system. Weight loss therapies aimed at reducing energy intake and increasing energy expenditure are largely unsuccessful in the long-term, and the more effective obesity surgery is neither suitable nor available for all with severe obesity. Independent of treatment approach, most patients experience weight regain and fail to establish stable long-term weight reduction. Importantly, patients who discontinue the use of novel weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro also face weight regain.Adipocytes (the cells that store fat in the human body) keep a memory after successful weight loss. This memory together with other well-known factors such as the human brain\u00b4s reward mechanisms, may play a fundamental role in the often-observed weight regain after weight loss interventions. Researchers do not yet know if and how memory in adipocytes is linked to weight regain in humans. The K.G. Jebsen Center for Obesity Research (CORA) will contribute to better understand which mechanisms contribute to weight-regain, how such mechanisms could be targeted to maintain a stable body weight and to determine if patients could be stratified for their individual risk of weight regain.\u00a0The center\u2019s mission is to promote effective prevention and treatment of weight regain for people with obesity in a precision medicine perspective. The center \u00b4s vision is to provide an integrative translational approach to research on obesity. CORA aims to define novel targets for pharmacological obesity treatment and weight maintenance after successful weight loss. \u00a0In their daily work, the researchers and clinicians at the center will use a translational bedside-to-bench-to-bedside strategy with clinical trials on weight loss and on prevention of weight regain, paired with basic and preclinical research approaches. Center leader Yvonne B\u00f6ttcher (UiO) and her team will collaborate with Vestfold Hospital Trust and with colleagues in Finland and Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tw-container\" class=\"nev7se\" data-cp=\"1\" data-nnttsvi=\"1\" data-sletp=\"false\" data-ssbp=\"false\" data-sugg-time=\"500\" data-sugg-url=\"https:\/\/clients1.google.com\/complete\/search\" data-uilc=\"no\" data-vil=\",af,af-ZA,am,am-ET,ar-EG,ar-AE,ar-KW,ar-QA,ar,ar-IL,ar-JO,ar-LB,ar-PS,az,az-AZ,bg,bg-BG,bn,bn-BD,bn-IN,ca,ca-es,cs,cs-CZ,de,de-DE,de-CH,de-AT,de-LI,en,en-US,en-CA,en-AU,en-NZ,en-GB,en-IN,en-KE,en-TZ,en-NG,en-GH,en-PH,en-ZA,es,es-ES,es-AR,es-UY,es-419,es-BO,es-CL,es-CR,es-CO,es-DO,es-EC,es-GT,es-HN,es-NI,es-PA,es-PE,es-PR,es-PY,es-SV,es-VE,es-MX,es-US,eu,eu-ES,fi,fi-FI,fr,fr-FR,fr-CH,fr-BE,gl,gl-ES,gu,gu-IN,he,he-IL,iw,iw-IL,hu,hu-HU,hy,hy-AM,id,id-ID,is,is-IS,it,it-IT,it-CH,ja,ja-JP,jv,jv-ID,ka,ka-GE,km,km-KH,kn,kn-IN,ko,ko-KR,la,lo,lo-LA,lv,lv-LV,ml,ml-IN,mr,mr-IN,ms,ms-MY,nl,nl-NL,nb,nb-NO,ne,ne-NP,pl,pl-PL,pt,pt-BR,pt-PT,ro,ro-RO,ru,ru-RU,si-LK,sk,sk-SK,sr,sr-RS,su,su-ID,sv,sv-SE,sw,sw-TZ,sw-KE,ta,ta-IN,ta-SG,ta-LK,ta-MY,te,te-IN,tr,tr-TR,ur,ur-PK,ur-IN,yue,yue-HK,yue-Hant-HK,zh-HK,zh,zh-CN,zh-cmn,zh-cmn-CN,zh-Hans,zh-Hans-CN,zh-cmn-Hans,zh-cmn-Hans-CN,cmn-CN,cmn-Hans,cmn-Hans-CN,zh-TW,zh-Hant-TW,cmn-TW,cmn-Hant-TW,zh-cmn-TW,zh-cmn-Hant-TW,zu,zu-ZA,hi,hi-IN,tl,tl-PH,pa,pa-IN\">\n<div id=\"tw-ob\" class=\"tw-src-ltr\">\n<div class=\"oSioSc\">\n<div id=\"tw-target\">\n<div id=\"kAz1tf\" class=\"g9WsWb PZPZlf\" data-attrid=\"tw-targetArea\" data-entityname=\"Google Translate\">\n<div id=\"tw-target-rmn-container\" class=\"tw-target-rmn tw-ta-container tw-nfl\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\">\n<pre id=\"tw-target-rmn\" class=\"tw-data-placeholder tw-text-small tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"\"><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"iYB33c\">\n<div id=\"tw-tmenu\" class=\"tw-menu\"><strong>Center leader <\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"tw-menu\">Yvonne B\u00f6ttcher, University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tw-menu\"><strong> Deputy leader <\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"tw-menu\">J\u00f8ran Hjelmes\u00e6th, Vestfold Hospital Trust<\/div>\n<div class=\"tw-menu\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tw-menu\"><strong>Research leaders<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"tw-menu\">Jens Kristoffer Hertel, \u00a0Vestfold Hospital Trust<\/li>\n<li class=\"tw-menu\">Mathias Bl\u00fcher, University og Leipzig, Germany<\/li>\n<li class=\"tw-menu\">Annette Horstmann, \u00a0University of Helsinki, Finland<\/li>\n<li class=\"tw-menu\">Anita G\u00f6nd\u00f6r, University of Oslo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tw-images\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"dURPtb\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-vpload=\"nYCnEd\" data-v=\"\" data-ne=\"1\">\n<div id=\"tsuid_miQQaoWjCLG2wPAPvqXuyA4_55\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"KFFQ0c xKf9F\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"header left  \"><h2 class=\"font-size-sm\" title=\"Media\" >Media<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"external-links-container light-blue\"><ul class=\"external-links\"><li class=\"inner-item\"><i class=\"fa fa-external-link\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khrono.no\/75-millioner-kroner-til-tre-nye-forskningssentre\/1030812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krhono<\/a><span class=\"description\">75 millioner kroner til tre nye forskningssentre<\/span><span class=\"date\">21.01.2026<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"infobox light-brown\"><h3>The Centre in brief<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p id=\"hdr\">Leader: Yvonne B\u00f6ttcher<br \/>\nStart year: 2026<br \/>\nHost institution: University of\u00a0 Oslo<br \/>\nFunding from the foundation: 25 MNOK<br \/>\nHome page:\u00a0 &#8211; will come soon-<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"infobox light-brown\"><h3>Contact information:<\/h3><p>K.G .Jebsen Center for Obesity Research<br \/>\nUniversitetet i Oslo<br \/>\nInstitutt for klinisk medisin<br \/>\nP.O.Box 4950 Nydalen<br \/>\n0424 Oslo<br \/>\nNorway<\/p><\/div><div class=\"infobox light-brown\"><h3>Scientific advisory board<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Carel le Roux, University College Dublin, Ireland<\/li>\n<li>Professor Fredrik Karpe University of Oxford, UK<\/li>\n<li>Professor Romain Barres, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"spacer-19ba46bd32479517faefa95d8bc53e873425752342356\" style=\"\"><\/div><style>@media (min-width: 320px) { .spacer-19ba46bd32479517faefa95d8bc53e873425752342356{ height: 30px;}}@media (min-width: 767px) { .spacer-19ba46bd32479517faefa95d8bc53e873425752342356{ height: 30px;}}@media (min-width: 979px) { .spacer-19ba46bd32479517faefa95d8bc53e873425752342356{ height: 60px;}}@media (min-width: 1200px) { .spacer-19ba46bd32479517faefa95d8bc53e873425752342356{ height: 60px;}}<\/style>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obesity is one of the most challenging health problems in the world. Most patients, also those  who stop using novel weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro experience weight regain after their treatment ends. The K.G. Jebsen Center for Obesity Research (CORA) led by Yvonne B\u00f6ttcher at the University of Oslo therefore has the aim to better understand clinically important questions such as which mechanisms contribute to weight regain and obesity relapse? How can we target and intervene such mechanisms to maintain a stable body weight? Can patients be stratified for their individual risk of weight regain? 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