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The Future of Weight-Loss Drugs for Investors

Weight-loss drugs’ impact could reach far beyond their target user, potentially creating headwinds for shares of snack makers and packaged-food firms, as well as medical device makers that specialize in knee replacements, insulin pumps and sleep apnea machines.

Kiplinger

Some takeaway meals contain more calories than daily limit, GB study finds

Cafes, fast-food outlets, restaurants, bakeries, pubs and supermarkets accused of fuelling the obesity crisis

The Guardian - UK

Obesity drug used in Mounjaro and Zepbound may help treat dangerous sleep apnea

A new study finds the popular obesity drug Zepbound may help treat sleep apnea, a dangerous disorder in which people struggle to breathe during sleep

The Independent UK

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Weight loss drug could ease sleep apnoea in people with obesity, study says

Research raises possibility that tirzepatide could become first pharmaceutical treatment for the sleeping disorder

The Guardian - UK

How can better diets bring benefits to people and the economy?

With rising levels of obesity and diabetes across the UK, it’s vital to encourage people to eat a healthier diet. As part of this drive, leading experts in food, health and nutrition gathered together for a roundtable discussion. Here’s what they had to say …

The Guardian - UK

UK children are shorter and fatter due to poor diet and poverty, report finds

Food Foundation says children face lifetime of ‘diet-related illnesses’ without action

Evening Standard

Children in UK getting shorter due to malnutrition in ‘national embarrassment’

The height of children aged 5 has been declining since 2013 while Jamie Oliver, Gordon Brown and Leon co-founder Henry Dimbleby all call for next prime minister to ‘turn the tide on obesity’

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UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds

Food Foundation says height of five-year-olds falling, child obesity up by a third and type 2 diabetes by a fifth

The Guardian - UK

'Pat ourselves on the back': rates of obesity and overweight people drop

'I want to be the optimist and say the worst is behind us.'

Newcastle Herald

Alarming lack of access to green space fuelling UK child obesity crisis, doctors warn

Exclusive: Medics say children with poor access to outdoor play at school at higher risk of developing lifelong health problems

The Guardian - UK

Obesity, inactivity and screen time: how pioneering research is tackling the crisis in child health

Researchers at Sheffield Hallam University are leading projects that could result in crucial interventions to stem an alarming decline in children’s health and development

The Guardian - UK

Backlash over plans to build McDonald’s metres from top state boys’ school

The headteacher is ‘gravely concerned’ about the implications

The Independent UK

Top doctor warns against using anti-obesity drugs to get ‘beach body ready’

NHS medical director says use of non-prescribed medicine for quick-fix weight loss is putting people at risk

The Guardian - UK

Scientists may finally have an answer for the obesity paradox

Scientists studied mice and tumour samples from kidney cancer patients

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Michael Mosley: just one thing we can do to remember him

Letters: Readers on the loss of the TV and radio presenter who changed so many lives with his advice on health and fitness, particularly with regard to obesity and type 2 diabetes

Medical Daily

Study Identifies Best Time To Exercise For Reducing Blood Sugar Levels

Researchers have now identified the optimal time to exercise for reducing blood sugar levels in sedentary adults struggling with overweight and obesity.

Barchart

Is Amgen Stock Outperforming the S&P 500?

Amgen has outperformed the S&P 500, and analysts remain optimistic about the stock’s prospects because of the positive Phase 2 clinical trial data of its obesity drug MariTide.

Investors Business Daily

Skye Bioscience Pivots To Obesity After Glaucoma Flop; Shares Plummet

Skye stock plunged Monday after the biotech company scrapped its failed eye-disease drug in favor of pivoting to obesity treatment.

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Evening Standard

Eating ultra-processed food linked to chronic insomnia, study finds

The consumption of UPF is on the rise worldwide, and it has been linked to diabetes, obesity and cancer

Investors Business Daily

Abbott Snags U.S. Clearance To Enter The Obesity Arena, Rivaling Dexcom

Abbott Laboratories gained U.S. clearance Monday for a pair of new CGMs. But Abbott stock fell a fraction at the close.

The Conversation

Economic development in sub-Saharan Africa is linked to increasing obesity rates in women

Obesity and excess weight gain, traditionally perceived as health issues predominantly affecting high-income countries, are now increasingly prevalent in low and middle-income regions.

Medical Daily

Higher Stroke Risk For Women Overweight In Teenage Or Young Adult Years: Study

The researchers found that having excess body weight at age 14 or 31 raises the risk of ischemic stroke in women by the age of 55.

Barchart

Structure Therapeutics vs. Viking Therapeutics: Which Weight-Loss Drug Stock Wins?

With weight-loss drugs gaining traction, which biopharma stock wins?

Latin Times

Latino adults in the U.S. will be most at risk of cardiovascular disease by 2050

The American Heart Association also revealed that Hispanic children are projected to have the highest obesity rates

Salon

Ozempic may improve taste buds

A proof-of-concept study found that semaglutide may influence taste perception of sweet compounds

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