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'Easier than getting a bag of sweets from the shops' - Weight loss drugs are everywhere, but are they a recipe for disaster or game changer for cyclists?

Weight loss drugs are more popular than ever, even in cycling, but do the health benefits some are seeing outweigh the risks and dangers, and what does WADA think of them?

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Researchers discover benefits of once-a-day weight loss pill

Academics have hailed an ‘important advancement’ in type 2 diabetes care

The Independent UK

New GLP-1 pill helps patients lose up to 8% of body weight, trial shows

Orforglipron led to greater weight loss than semaglutide tablets and could offer more effective oral alternative to jabs

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Nearly one in four US adults with diabetes are unaware they have it

Researchers announced Thursday that they had taken a major stride in treating the chronic disease

The Independent UK

New research challenges link between childhood BMI and obesity risk

Experts say the genetic factors that influence the size of babies may be different to the ones that influence body size as a teen

The Independent UK

The fibre gap: Easy, everyday recipes to boost the nutrient most of us lack

Despite all the talk of gut health, only a tiny proportion of UK adults get enough fibre. These simple, flavour-led recipes show how everyday veg, pulses and leafy greens can quietly boost your intake – without changing how you cook or eat

The Independent UK

The people most likely to use weight loss jabs, according to new research

Almost 80 per cent of private prescriptions for weight loss jabs are for women, research reveals

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Women and the middle classes dominate take-up of weight loss jabs

Analysis of private prescriptions for drugs like Mounjaro show that almost 80% are for women

Evening Standard

McDonald’s goes Protein: Burger chain jumps on latest trend and plans new menu items

McDonald’s is the latest fast food chain to adapt to American’s shrinking appetites

The Independent UK

Cheaper diabetes drug halted by AstraZeneca court win

Consumers will have to wait longer for a more affordable diabetes and heart failure drug after pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca had a win in court.

AAP

Experts explain why intermittent fasting may not be worth the hype

Research suggests intermittent fasting is unlikely to lead to greater weight loss in overweight or obese adults than eating a healthy diet or doing nothing

The Independent UK

The ultra-processed paradox: Are sports nutrition products really harming your health?

The gels and bars that fuel our long rides fall into the increasingly vilified ‘ultra-processed’ category. But are they really a risk to our health?

Cycling Weekly

Nine coffee chains slashing sugar content in country’s war on sweets

Putting the policy into practice may prove challenging as each brand can apply the initiative as they see fit

The Independent UK

Thai coffee chains cut default sugar content in coffee and tea drinks in a new health push

The Thai government is urging coffee chains to cut sugar in drinks by half to combat health issues

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Fit & Well

A nutritionist wants you to consider not just when you eat, but what you eat if you can’t sleep at night

Try these three things for a better night of rest

Marie Claire

How I Supported My Skin While Taking a GLP-1 Medication

What skincare can—and can’t—do when facial volume shifts.

The Guardian - UK

Traditional food could help reverse Nepal’s ‘diabetes epidemic’, studies suggest

With medication largely unaffordable in the country, experts hope community support and a change in diet could reduce soaring type 2 diabetes rates

Evening Standard

Newer diabetes drugs ‘could prevent 20,000 deaths a year’

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The medication change that could save 20,000 lives a year

The once-daily tablet ‘works very well’ in a wide range of patients

The Guardian - UK

People with obesity 70% more likely to be hospitalised by or die from infection, study finds

Being unhealthy weight raises risk of severe illness or death from most infectious diseases significantly, researchers find

The Independent UK

How GLP-1 drugs may be leading to new eating disorders

While other weight-loss drugs have caused similar problems, one expert said GLP-1 medications have a far greater impact

The Independent UK

New weight loss drug by Pfizer shows promising results in trial

Pfizer acquired the drug’s developer following a bidding war with Novo Nordisk last year

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘There are more important things than being thin’: Readers on living with Ozempic side effects

YOUR VIEWS: Our community shared deeply mixed experiences of Ozempic and Mounjaro, with many warning of severe and sometimes debilitating side effects, while others said more manageable symptoms were a price worth paying for the health benefits

The Independent UK

Obesity in pregnancy ‘contributing to avoidable harm’ as doctors issue new warning

Obesity is ‘associated with adverse outcomes for both women and children’, a new report has said

AAP

'Blind spot': alarm sounded on weight-loss medications

Limited research into the long-term nutritional health impacts of weight-loss medications such as Ozempic could be putting people at risk of harm.

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