Weight Loss & Obesity News
- Study: Obesity May Permanently Change Brain Response to Nutrients
June 12, 2023 — A new study into how the brains of lean and obese people respond to nutrients may explain why it’s difficult for people to lose weight and keep it off.
- Popular Weight Loss Drugs Can Carry Some Gnarly Side Effects
June 12, 2023 — Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy can help some people lose weight, but there are still some potential side effects that need to be considered.
- Can a Saliva Test Predict the Best Way to Manage Obesity?
May 25, 2023 — Mayo Clinic researchers are working on saliva tests that may help figure out the type of obesity a person has and, based on the results, decide what may be the best course of action to treat it.
- Do Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Cause Hair Loss?
May 24, 2023 — Experts consider claims that new weight loss medications cause hair loss. They find that hair loss is unlikely and actually more common with bariatric surgery.
- Pill Version of Wegovy Achieves Similar Weight Loss
May 23, 2023 — In a trial of 667 people who were overweight or obese, those who took the daily semaglutide pill lost 17% of their body weight after 68 weeks.
- Weight Loss Drug Helps Half of Teens in Study Tackle Obesity
May 19, 2023 — Semaglutide represents an effective treatment option for teens with obesity, with the potential to reduce BMI below the obesity threshold.
- Guidelines For Kids with Obesity: Family and Treatment Are Key
May 16, 2023 — One-tenth of parents have children who were overweight or obese, and over a quarter worry about their child’s weight, a new survey found.
- Obesity Drugs Plus Surgery Add Up to More Weight Loss: Study
May 12, 2023 — Adding obesity drugs to weight loss surgery helped patients lose more weight than using either option alone.
- Doctors Urged to Minimize Their Own Weight Bias and Stigma
May 10, 2023 — A statement from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology addresses weight bias and stigma from health care professionals as well as patients themselves.
- Wegovy U.S. Supply Shortage Strikes Again
May 5, 2023 — Novo Nordisk’s problems keeping up US supply of Wegovy for weight-loss is back after a brief hiatus, as the company says starter doses will again be in short supply through September.
- Rising Interest in Weight Loss Meds Despite Cost, Side Effects
May 5, 2023 — A growing number of people are turning to anti-obesity injections. According to a new survey from the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) and telehealth company Ro, interest in these treatments is soaring among people living with obesity, despite the lack of public awareness just a handful of months ago.
- Ozempic: Cost, Coupons, and Ways to Save Cash
May 3, 2023 — With the blockbuster type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic popular as ever with those just seeking to lose weight, we speak to pharmacists about the drug cost, potential coupons and prescription discounts, and other ways to save money.
- Weight Loss Surgery Could Cut Cancer Risk in Half Over Time
May 1, 2023 — Investigators compared almost 56,000 people with obesity who had bariatric surgery to the same number who did not. They tracked how many people developed cancer over the next 10 years. The surgery group had less than half as many cases of cancer.
- Another Weight Loss Drug Could Soon Join Ozempic in U.S.
April 27, 2023 — The drug, tirzepatide, helped patients in the study lose up to 15.7% of their body weight in a phase III trial.
- ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water Linked to Weight Gain, Study Finds
April 26, 2023 — Heavily used “forever chemicals” found in food packaging and other consumer goods are contributing to weight gain, a new study has found.
- Popular Weight Loss Plans Court Controversy With Obesity Meds
April 21, 2023 — Some commercial weight loss programs that have long advocated a laser focus on diet, exercise, and behavior change are adding prescription weight loss drugs approved to treat obesity such as Wegovy. And that’s triggering a healthy debate.
- Weight Loss Drug Fracas Continues as Risk of Shortages Grows
April 17, 2023 — Since one of the side effects of type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic is weight loss, people without diabetes have flocked to purchase the drug for a quicker way to shed pounds. To prevent widespread shortages, Canadian province British Columbia is banning Americans from purchasing the drug.
- MRIs Show Brain Differences in Obese Men, Women
April 7, 2023 — A new study of overweight and obese people’s brains using MRIs suggests that future weight loss treatments should take into account whether someone is male or female. MRIs revealed gender-based differences in both the structure and function of the brain.
- Weight Loss Drugs Might Be Deemed ‘Essential’ by WHO
March 31, 2023 — For the first time, the World Health Organization may add weight loss drugs to the list of essential medicines that it suggests countries worldwide purchase.
- Patients Who Stop Weight Loss Drug Regain Weight in 5 Years
March 30, 2023 — Within 5 years of stopping the weight loss drug Wegovy, most people will regain all the weight they lost, and some people may add even more pounds, a senior official from drugmaker Novo Nordisk said at a conference Wednesday.
- Weight Loss Benefits Persist Even After Regaining Some Pounds
March 28, 2023 — A new analysis gives a promising answer to the weight loss question: Is it better to have lost and gained, than never to have lost at all?
- More Than Half the World Will Be Overweight or Have Obesity by 2035: Report
March 3, 2023 — More than half the world’s population will be overweight or have obesity by 2035 if current trends continue, with obesity rising at alarming rates among children and adolescents, a new report from the World Obesity Federation says.
- Weight Loss Drug Will Be Easier to Find in Stores Soon, Manufacturer Says
February 4, 2023 — Drug maker Novo Nordisk says it is increasing production of Wegovy, a weight loss drug, which has been hard to find in stores.
- Brains of Obese People Show Changes Similar to Alzheimer’s
January 31, 2023 — The brains of obese people go through changes like those of Alzheimer’s patients, a new study shows. This is the first study that directly compared patterns of brain shrinkage in the two groups.
- Pediatricians Call for Drugs, Surgery for Obese Children
January 9, 2023 — The American Academy of Pediatrics said physicians should no longer wait to see if children with obesity outgrow the condition.