The Latest Breaking News from Obesity

Pippa flops by the Aga oven chewing on a stick. At just 12 weeks old, this labrador retriever puppy looks cute but clueless. But when she hears the word “biscuit”, her entire demeanour changes. Ears pricked, she’s immediately at her owner’s feet, gazing adoringly, sitting, even woofing on command.

Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for over 70% of global deaths annually.

Stigma, lack of treatment and disproportionate rise of the disease in women draws comparisons with HIV epidemic

Makers of the popular obesity treatments Wegovy and Zepbound are cutting prices for people without insurance

Many people who have struggled with their weight have been told to “eat less and move more.” Others have spent years juggling trendy diets, from keto to fasting, with minimal results. Despite their best efforts, what they often hear from physicians, friends, family and even strangers, is that they lack…

More than half of adults will also be overweight or have obesity in the same timeframe, researchers say

Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda, and other GLP-1 or GIP medications are needlessly out of reach for many Americans.

Researchers are calling for urgent action and global policy reforms to address widespread global obesity pandemic by 2050.

Lancet study uses data from 204 countries to paint a grim picture of what it called an ‘unprecedented global epidemic’.

Since the 1990s, the proportion of the world’s population who are overweight (with a body mass index of 25–30) or obese (with a body mass index of 30 or above) has doubled.

Study predicts nation on course to have second-highest overweight and obesity rates in world but says urgent government reform could help avoid this