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Financial services firm Redburn Atlantic says McDonald's is in trouble, due to weight loss drugs like Ozempic.
RX and Medicine

McDonald’s in Trouble as Ozempic Takes Hold

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers have found that mutations of the gene SMIM1 have a significant link to obesity and extra weight gain.
DNA

Scientists Discover Gene That Causes You to Gain More Weight From the Same Food

By Sharon Adarlo

Medical practitioners are finding that new obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are causing other chronic diseases to go away.
Developments

Doctors Surprised When Patients Who Start Semaglutide Are Frequently Cured of Other Conditions

By Victor Tangermann

Medicare could soon start to pay for weight-loss treatment drug Wegovy, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Health & Medicine

Medicare Says It Will Start Paying for Wegovy

By Victor Tangermann

Pfizer's new experimental weight-loss pill worked in achieving its stated goal — but with that weight loss came some pretty bad side effects.
RX and Medicine

Pfizer Cancels New Weight Loss Pill After Patients Experience Serious Side Effects

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of researchers say they found the molecules in mouse blood that reduces appetite and obesity — an exercise pill, if you will.
RX and Medicine

Scientists Say They’re Honing in on a Pill You Can Take Instead of Exercising

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Despite its very recent approval, startups are already lining up to prescribe a new weight loss drug called Wegovy, a tradename for semaglutide.
Health & Medicine

Startups Are Rushing to Prescribe a New Weight Loss Drug, But Questions Remain

By Simon Spichak

Researchers studying weight gain believe global obesity trends might be more driven by the types of food you eat rather than how much food you eat.
Food

Study: Weight Gain Caused by Eating Specific Foods, Not Eating Too Much

By Tony Ho Tran

The FDA approved a new weight loss drug called semaglutide that doctors say could be a valuable tool in new obesity treatments.
RX and Medicine

Doctors Are Really Psyched About This New Weight Loss Drug

By Dan Robitzski

Blasting mouse livers with ultrasound beams made the mice lose excess weight, potentially giving doctors a way to prevent diabetes.
Health & Medicine

Ultrasound Blasts Made Overfed Mice Lose Weight, and Scientists Say it Might Prevent Diabetes

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study, the type 2 diabetes treatment drug called semaglutide could be an effective way to reduce weight in obese patients.
Health & Medicine

New Weight Loss Drug Hailed as “Game Changer”

By Victor Tangermann

A new CDC study suggests that one in two American adults will be considered obese by 2030. It's a growing problem that affects low-income workers the most.
Studies

Half of America May Be Obese by 2030. Here’s Why That Matters for Society.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered genetic variants that protect people from obesity and its symptoms.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Find Genetic Variants That Prevent Obesity, Diabetes

By Kristin Houser

The pandemics of obesity, starvation, and climate change are inextricably linked as a Global Syndemic, according to a new report.
Climate Change

Experts: To Fight Climate Change, Tackle Obesity and Starvation

By Kristin Houser

Losing Weight in the Future Will Not Be One Size Fits All
Health & Medicine

Losing Weight in the Future Will Not Be One Size Fits All

By Abby Norman

junk food tax
Future Society

Soda May Soon Be Taxed the Same Way as Cigarettes

By Dom Galeon