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Popular Weight-Loss Drugs Produce Less Weight Loss in Real-World Settings, Study Finds

Patients with obesity who take GLP-1 receptor agonists in real-world settings lose significantly less weight than participants in randomized clinical trials, according to new research.
Intermittent Fasting Leads to Greater Weight Loss Than Calorie Counting, New Study Finds

Overweight and obese adults who followed a 4:3 intermittent fasting plan dropped more pounds in one year than those who counted calories.
Plastic Surgery for ‘Ozempic Face’ Growing in Popularity

Hollow cheeks and sagging skin are driving more weight-loss patients to the plastic surgeon; a new survey finds.
Do Calorie Labels on Menus and Food Products Really Impact Your Diet?

A new study finds calorie labels make a small but potentially significant impact on food selection and calorie intake.
Rating the Best Diets for 2025

U.S. News & World Report, working with leading medical and nutrition experts, reveals a list of the best diets for overall health and specific conditions.
U.S. Obesity Rate Drops for the First Time in a Decade

New study examines U.S. trends in body mass index and obesity and finds improving numbers, driven in part by GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
Popular Diabetes and Weight-Loss Drugs May Protect Stroke Survivors from Future Attacks, Study Finds

New research shows GLP-1 agonists, like Ozempic, and SGLT2 inhibitors, like Farxiga, help lower the risk of secondary stroke, heart attack and death in stroke survivors.
Taking Ozempic or Wegovy Does Not Increase Risk for Mental Health Issues, Study Finds

Researchers find no link between semaglutide, the main ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, and depression, suicidal thoughts or behaviors in patients with no prior history of the conditions.
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Alternatives to weekly injections of weight-loss drugs may on the way.

A monthly dose of a new drug called MariTide helped participants in a phase 2 clinical trial shed about 20% of their body weight over a year, researchers reported Monday in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Weighted vests have been touted as a potential means of warding off osteoporosis while losing weight.

The idea is that the extra weight will promote new bone growth even as people are walking or jogging to lose weight.

But this idea isn’t backed up by results, a new clinical tr...

A new Chinese-developed GLP-1 weight loss drug could prove a new competitor to blockbuster drugs Ozempic/Wegovy and Zepbound, clinical trial results show.

Ecnoglutide helped people lose between 9% to 13% of their body weight on average after 40 wee...

Want to lose weight and reverse type 2 diabetes?

Trade your diet soda for a tall glass of water, a new small-scale study argues.

Women were more likely to drop pounds and see their type 2 diabetes go into remission if they drank water rather than diet beverages, according to a study presented ...

You're not just getting older, you're probably getting bigger.

Between their 20s and 40s, most Americans can expect to put on 10 to 25 pounds — and after 30, exercise may not have the same payoff it once did. 

It's not just you, but Mother Nature at work. 

"Your metabolism tends to slow down as you get older, but your appetite and food intake do not," said

More American teenagers now use the weight-loss drug Wegovy, as doctors and families grow more comfortable with the treatment. 

But experts say access is still limited, and more research on its long-term safety in teens is needed, NBC News reported.

Prescriptions of Wegovy to teens

  • I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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  • June 5, 2025
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    • People who get weight-loss surgery experience an improvement in their mental health, but not because of the weight they lose, a new study says.

    Rather, these patients face much less societal stigma over their weight, and it’s that – not the actual weight loss – that boosts their mental health, researchers reported today in the journal

  • Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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  • June 5, 2025
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    • Losing just 6.5% of body weight in midlife may lower later risk of disease and premature death, new research shows.

    Researchers found that people who lost about 6.5% of their body weight — without using weight loss drugs or surgery — reaped big health benefits later in life, CNN reported. For someone who weighs 180 pounds, that's just shy of a 12-pound weight loss.

    A federal deadline ending sale of off-brand weight-loss and diabetes medications is now in effect, cutting off access to drugs many patients count on.

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) already declared that shortages of popular GLP-1 medications have ended, CNN reported. Those medications i...

    Cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Ozempic/Wegovy can cut alcohol intake dramatically in a short amount of time, a new study says.

    People taking semaglutide or liraglutide reduced their alcohol consumption by two-thirds within four months, according...

    A new study has found that people taking Eli Lilly’s obesity drug Zepbound lost almost 50% more weight than those using Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy.

    The study -- published May 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine...

    A new pill designed to help with weight loss and blood sugar control is showing promise in early studies.

    Eli Lilly said its experimental drug, orforglipron, helped people with type 2 diabetes lower their blood sugar and ...

    Pfizer has stopped developing a once-daily pill to treat obesity after a person in a clinical trial showed signs of a possible liver injury.

    The company said the injury went away after the person stopped taking the drug, called danuglipron, The Associated Press reported.

    The pill was in early testing to help determine the best dose, according to a Pfizer spokeswoman.

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    The Trump administration has decided not to expand Medicare and Medicaid coverage for popular obesity drugs, blocking a Biden administration initiative that could have helped millions of Americans access the medications.

    Catherine Howden, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said that expanding coverage fo...

    Fasting every other day can prompt more weight loss than simply cutting calories, a new clinical trial shows.

    People who undertook 4:3 intermittent fasting lost just under 8% of their body weight within a year, compared to a 5% loss among people who cut their daily calories by about a third, researchers reported March 31 in the

  • Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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  • April 1, 2025
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    • Novo Nordisk, a Danish pharmaceutical company, has signed a major deal worth up to $2 billion for the rights to a new obesity and diabetes drug, the company announced March 24.

    The drug, called UBT251, is being developed by United Bio-Technology (Hengqin) Co.

    The makers of two popular weight-loss drugs -- Wegovy and Zepbound -- are cutting prices to make the medications more affordable for people without insurance.

    Novo Nordisk, the Danish company behind Wegovy, announced Wednesday that it has lowered its monthly cost by 23%. The new price -- $499 per month -- takes effect immediately. It had bee...

    GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic/Wegovy don’t increase a person’s risk of suicidal actions or thoughts, a new study has concluded.

    Earlier research had potentially linked these drugs -- which are used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity -- with suicidal thoughts and self-harm, researchers add...

    MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay news) -- Even slight weight loss spurred on by cutting-edge GLP-1 drugs can help prevent replacement knees and hips from wearing out, a new study suggests.

    People with new knees and hips are significantly less likely to need follow-up surgery to fix wear and tear on their artificial joint if they lose weight using

  • Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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  • February 24, 2025
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    • Juice cleanses are a popular way to kickstart a health journey, but these diets may do more harm than good in as little as three days.

    A study published recently in the journal Nutrients found that consuming vegetable and fruit juice-only diets for three days triggered detrimental gut and oral bacteria changes linked to inflam...

    Yet another study is supporting the notion that the blockbuster GLP-1 drug Ozempic can help problems drinkers curb their intake.

    The research found that, compared to placebo, weekly injections of semaglutide (also marketed for weight loss as Wegovy) helped reduce cravings in people with alcohol use disorders. The drug also seemed to reduce t...

    “Yo-yo” dieting -- repeatedly losing and gaining weight -- can significantly increase risk of kidney disease among people with type 1 diabetes, a new study warns.

    Diabetics with greater weight fluctuations experienced a 40% decline in their kidneys’ ability to filter toxins from th...

    Weight-loss surgery can protect the liver health of patients with obesity and fatty liver disease, a new study reports.

    Patients had a 72% lower risk of developing serious complications of liver disease after undergoing weight-loss surgery, researchers reported in Jan. 27 in the journal Nature Medicine.

    They a...

    Popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss and diabetes may have unexpected benefits for reducing risks for conditions such as substance abuse, psychosis, infections and even dementia. 

    But these drugs also come with risks that shouldn't be overlooked, researchers warn ...

    Black people with obesity are less likely to get weight-loss surgery than others.

    Black people are just as likely to discuss the procedure with their doctor -- nearly 10%, compared with 9% of patients of other races, researchers said.

    But only about 8% of those Black patients go on and actually get the surgery, compared with nearly 13% of other patients, researchers report in a stud...

    The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded.

    Using body-mass index (BMI) to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable, and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on Clinical Obesity says in a new paper published today in The Lancet Diabetes & En...

    When it comes to living a longer life, staying active may matter far more than what the scale says.

    Per the largest study yet on fitness, body weight, and longevity published recently in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers found that people who are aerobically fit (i.e.,...

    A new diet is on the New Year’s resolution list for nearly half of U.S. adults, according to a new survey from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

    However, many plan to pick up diets with dicey track records, survey results show.

    About 46% of adults said they plan to start a new diet in 2025, the survey found.

    When asked which diets they plan to try, resul...

    Wondering which popular diet will help you shed extra weight in a healthy way this year?

    The Mediterranean diet tops the best diet categories in the U.S. News & World Report 2025 edition.

    According to the report, the eating style that refers to the traditional eating habits of the people who live in the countries that border the Mediterranean Sea, is the most highly-rated diet a...

    THURSDAY, Dec. 26, (2024 HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday the approval of the first generic version of a daily injectable GLP-1 medicine for people living with Type 2 diabetes.

    Liraglutide, the generic for Victoza, is similar to semaglutide, the active ingredient in the popular weig...

    The U.S. obesity rate declined for the first time in a decade last year, coinciding with the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss meds, a new study finds.

    Data on almost 17 million adults nationwide showed the obesity rate -- which has been rising for years -- fell from 46.2% of adults in 2021 to 45.6% in 2023,...

    People with diabetes who are taking GLP-1 meds such as Ozempic or Mounjaro may be getting an added bonus: Reductions in their odds for a dangerous blood clot, new research finds.

    The study found that folks with diab...

    The advent of GLP-1 weight-loss medications such as Wegovy and Zepbound has spurred debate as to whether the drugs' cost should be covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers.

    Late last month, the Biden administration

  • Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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  • December 5, 2024
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    • Zepbound, the new GLP-1 weight-loss drug from Eli Lilly & Co., has outperformed its main competitor, Wegovy, in a clinical trial funded by Lilly.

    "Given the increased interest around obesity medications, we conducted this study to help health care providers and patients make informed decisions about treatment choice," Dr. Leonard G...

    The outgoing Biden administration will propose that pricey GLP-1 obesity medications such as semaglutide (Wegovy), and tirzepatide (Zepbound) be covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

    However, the move would have to be approved by the new Trump administration. 

    Right now, a law passed b...

    The potential health benefits of GLP-1 diabetes and weight loss meds keep piling up: New research shows they may also shield your kidneys from harm.

    In the largest study to date on the effects of the drugs on the kidneys, researchers found GLP-1s help the protect the organs in people with or without diabetes. 

    GLP-1s include blockbuster diabetes medicines such as Ozempic and it...

    So, you have managed to shed 30 pounds with the help of one of the new blockbuster GLP-1 drugs, but as the holidays near you worry about how to handle gatherings where decadent food will be served in abundance.

    Luckily, one expert from Baylor College of Medicine has tips on how to enjoy holiday fare while on these medications, without overdoing it.

    GLP-1 medications, which include <...

    America's kitchen trash bins are receiving more unwanted food as appetites falter among people taking GLP-1 weight-loss meds, a new study shows.

    GLP-1s like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound

    The weight-loss drug Ozempic can help reduce stroke patients’ risk of a heart attack or death, a new study says.

    GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic or SGLT2 diabetes medications like

  • Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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  • November 11, 2024
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    • It may seem counter-intuitive, but losing weight without even trying may not be a good thing.

    "It's not typical to have a noticeable drop in weight without changing how much you're eating, being more physically active or trying to lose weight," said dietitian Christine Goukasian.

    "Unexplained weight loss is a red...

    The head of the company that makes the diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy has warned that compounded versions of the active ingredient in those medications have now been linked to at least 100 hospitalizations and 10 deaths.

    “Honestly, I’m quite alarmed by what we see in the U.S. now,” Novo Nordisk President and CEO

  • Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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  • November 7, 2024
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    • Poorer folks’ access to blockbuster weight-loss drugs through Medicaid remains limited, a new KFF analysis has found.

    Only 13 states currently allow Medicaid to cover treatment of obesity using glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist (GLP-1) medications, researchers discovered.

    Under the Medicaid system, individual states are allowed to decide whether to cover GLP-1 drugs, which inclu...

    The GLP-1 drug semaglutide can help obese people manage debilitating knee arthritis, a new trial has found.

    People who received weekly injections of semaglutide -- the active agent in the diabetes drug Ozempic and the weight-loss medication Wegovy -- had a nearly 14% decrease in their body weight after 68 weeks, compared with 3% of people given a placebo, results showed. The trial was fun...

    The weight-loss drug Ozempic can guard against kidney disease in obese people, a new study shows.

    Patients taking semaglutide -- the active agent in Ozempic and Wegovy -- had as much as a 52% reduction in kidney damage, as measured by urine testing, researchers reported Oct. 25 in the journal ...

    As the popularity of GLP-1 meds like Wegovy and Zepbound grows, fewer Americans are turning to weight-loss surgeries to trim their waistlines, a new report finds.

    Prescriptions of this GLP-1 class of diabetes and weight-loss medications more than doubled between 2022 and 2023, a new tally finds.

    "In contrast, there was a 25.6% decrease in patients undergoing metabolic bariatric surg...

    Add Alzheimer’s disease to the list of conditions that might benefit from the revolutionary diabetes drug Ozempic, a new study says.

    People with type 2 diabetes taking semaglutide appeared to have a significantly lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s compared to patients taking seven other diabetes drugs, researchers reported...

    Expanding access to cutting-edge diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound could prevent more than 42,000 deaths a year in the United States, a new study claims.

    Obesity and all its attendant ills -- type 2 diabetes, heart disease an...

    Pharmacists may continue making compounded versions of the weight-loss medication tirzepatide while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revisits its Oct. 2 decision to remove the medicine from a national drug shortage list.

    What prompted the FDA to reconsider its

  • Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
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  • October 15, 2024
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    • As with any new drug, parents and doctors may worry that the use of GLP-1 weight-loss meds by children and teens might raise psychiatric risks, including the risk for suicide and suicidal thoughts.

    But a new study involving more than 54,000 U.S. adolescents found no such link.

    In fact, obese kids who used the drugs had a 33% decline in their risk for thoughts of suicide and suicide...

    Results from a very small study suggest that a combination of the diabetes drug Ozempic and an innovative new intestinal procedure could help erase the need for insulin in folks with type 2 diabetes.

    The new trial hasn't yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal and it included only 14 patients.

    However, Dutch researchers report that after six months of the combo therapy, 12 o...

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