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Obesity: What You Need to Know
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLearn more about the definition of obesity and what it means for your health. Medically reviewed by Allison Herries, RDN Obesity is a chronic disease...
Obesity Facts and Statistics: What You Need to Know
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoObesity is defined by a body mass index greater than 30 kilograms per square meter. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4...
Medications & surgery: What do new children's obesity guidelines mean for Austin families?
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis week, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued its first clinical practice guidelines on...
Weight loss treatment is on the verge of transformation. It's not there yet. Here's why.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new generation of anti-obesity medications offers the promise of dramatic weight loss but there is...
Even among the insured, weight loss drugs are rarely prescribed, study suggests
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPowerful weight loss medications aren’t reaching the people who need them most, according to...
Costly weight-loss drugs are draining the NC State Health Plan. Can coverage continue?
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhen just a few thousand state employees took Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drugs in 2021, the $1,350...
Lilly rival to weight loss drug Wegovy approved by FDA
BioPharma Dive via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoThe Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a powerful new medicine for weight loss,...
Weight-loss medications may help. They also may hurt. Here's what you need to know.
Yahoo Life Style via AOL· 9 months agoSemaglutide can help — but it can also hurt. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images)...
Weight-loss jabs linked to ‘severe’ stomach problems – study
Press Association News via AOL· 8 months agoUsing weight-loss jabs such as Ozempic or Wegovy could increase the risk of “severe gastrointestinal...
New weight-loss drug Wegovy has major heart benefits, too
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMany people with obesity also have heart disease, and the latest research confirms that new...