Vital breakthrough as once-a-day pill can help people lose ‘significant’ weight A fifth of people taking the weight-loss tablet Orforglipron lost 20 per cent of their body weight The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025
Ozempic Lawsuit: Everything You Need To Know About The Latest Vision Loss Allegations Ozempic lawsuit: Latest vision loss allegations explained. Learn about potential stomach paralysis & gastroparesis claims. Is there a connection? Bored Panda · Sep 16, 2025
Study recommends ‘planetary diet’ to cut diabetes risk and emissions Researchers say dietary changes are crucial part of effort to tackle global heating The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025
Weight-loss drugs help stop intrusive thoughts about food, study finds Wegovy also was found to improve mental health, self-confidence and the development of healthier habits The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025
Wegovy's Next Step: Novo Nordisk Eyes Approval for Higher-Dose Treatment Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) reportedly said on Tuesday that it intends to seek US regulatory approval for a high-dose version of its weight-loss injection Wegovy (semaglutide), another effort to counter Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE:LLY). Benzinga · Sep 16, 2025
Weight loss jabs could be effective on children as young as six, study suggests The report did warn that stomach problems are more common among youngsters taking the drugs. Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2025
Obese children as young as six could benefit from weight-loss jabs About a third of children leaving primary school are overweight or living with obesity in England The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025
Kathy Bates has defiant response to critics claiming weight loss is all down to Ozempic Kathy Bates insists while she has used Ozempic as part of her weight loss journey, it took her "years to do this" as she lost around 100lbs over a few years. BANG Premier · Sep 11, 2025
More of the world's children are obese than underweight, UN warns For the first time, more school-aged children are obese than underweight around the world, with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The warning came in a report released on Wednesday by the United Nations children’s agency Unicef. Radio France Internationale · Sep 10, 2025
Why have energy drinks been banned for under-16s in England? The real question is why it wasn’t done sooner Expecting parents to police kids’ intake of a psychoactive drug is unrealistic and unfair given the power of social media, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025
More children now obese than underweight for first time ever Major study by Unicef finds 391 million children across the globe now overweight or obese The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025
Novo Nordisk, maker of obesity drug Wegovy, to cut 9,000 jobs to sharpen focus, meet competition Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, maker of weight-loss drug Wegovy, said Wednesday it would cut 9,000 jobs, 5,000 of them in Denmark, in order to strengthen the company’s focus on growth opportunities in obesity and diabetes medications The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025
Junk food leads to more children being obese than underweight for first time Cheap ultra-processed food behind rise in overweight children, with one in 10 now obese globally, says Unicef The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2025
Almost half of those with diabetes don’t know they have it. Are you one of them? Diabetes affects 38.4 million Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025
The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025 UK ‘falling behind’ when it comes to diabetes diagnosis, study says Among western European countries, only Switzerland and France had lower diagnosis rates than the UK
The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2025 Weight-loss jabs are not enough to tackle the obesity crisis, experts warn THE UK’S OBESITY CHALLENGE : Weight-loss drug Mounjaro will be rolled out to a quarter of a million NHS patients. But leading experts tell Rebecca Thomas and Alicja Hagopian that weight-loss jabs alone will not be enough to solve the obesity crisis
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025 WHO has added GLP-1 drugs to the essential medicines list. Here’s what that means GLP-1 drugs were initially developed for diabetes, but have become wildly popular weight-loss drugs too
International Business Times · Sep 5, 2025 WHO Backs Weight-loss Drugs, Urges Cheap Generics The World Health Organization recommended a range of blockbuster weight-loss drugs to treat diabetes and obesity globally for the first time on Friday, calling for cheap generic versions to be made available for people in developing countries.
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025 Error means 55,000 patients require diabetes retests after potential misdiagnoses More than 55,000 patients may require new blood tests to receive an accurate blood glucose reading
AAP · Sep 5, 2025 Softies take a hit as nation sours on sweetened drinks Health organisations say data revealing fewer Aussies are drinking sweetened drinks is encouraging, but more work is needed to incentivise healthy choices.
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025 New technology for diabetic pregnant women will reduce risk of miscarriage and stillbirth The new technology, known as a hybrid closed loop system, will help reduce the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025 Mapped: NHS patients facing postcode lottery for weight-loss jab Mounjaro It’s estimated that 3.4 million people in the UK could benefit from taking a weight-loss jab like Mounjaro
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025 Scientists say there is no link between ‘microdosing’ weight-loss drugs and living longer It is ‘too early’ to know whether small doses of weight-loss drugs can help you live longer, experts say
Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2025 Weight-loss jabs: Wes Streeting pledges to do more to stop people being ‘priced out’ The Health Secretary said he was really concerned about the rising costs of the jabs.
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025 Energy drinks crackdown sees Prime and Monster banned for under-16s Around 100,000 children are thought to consume at least one high-caffeine energy drink every day