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Semaglutide and tirzepatide treatment leads to weight loss in type 1 diabetes

Written by | 14 Sep 2024

Treatment with semaglutide and tirzepatide led to significant weight loss and improved blood sugar control in overweight or obese patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Researchers reported this […]

High BMI eligibility for semaglutide could cost Medicare an additional $145 billion annually

Written by | 30 Aug 2024

A brief research report found that 61% of Medicare-eligible adults have a BMI of 27 or higher, which means they may benefit from a GLP-1 receptor agonist like […]

Vegan diet better than Mediterranean diet for weight loss and reducing harmful inflammatory dietary compounds, finds new research

Written by | 11 Aug 2024

Eating a low-fat vegan diet reduces harmful inflammatory dietary compounds called advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) by 73%, compared to no reduction on a Mediterranean diet, according to new […]

Data shows surge in in new GLP-1RA prescriptions for obesity without type 2 diabetes

Written by | 25 Jul 2024

A nationwide study found a marked increase in new GLP-1RA prescriptions over the last decade, particularly since 2020. Semaglutide was the most prescribed GLP-1RA, by far, in 2023. […]

Specialist weight-loss services in England unable to keep up with spiralling demand

Written by | 20 Jun 2024

One in six integrated care boards (ICBs) in England have stopped accepting new patients for specialist weight management services as their referral numbers spiral out of control, an […]

Adding obesity experts to primary care clinics improves patients’ weight loss outcomes

Written by | 24 May 2024

Giving high-risk patients access to an obesity specialist through their regular primary care clinic increased their chances of receiving at least one evidence-based weight-management treatment, and led to […]

Few newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics succeed in losing weight – weight gain linked to much higher risk of complications

Written by | 11 Apr 2024

A register-based study from Finland identified three distinct BMI trajectory groups among patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. In a four-year follow-up, most patients followed a stable […]

Very low calorie diets are safe and acceptable for teenagers with moderate to severe obesity when used short-term and supported by a dietitian, Australian study finds

Written by | 22 Mar 2024

Short-term very low calorie diets are safe for teenagers living with moderate to severe obesity when closely monitored by an experienced dietitian, new research to be presented at […]

New weight loss medication may help lower blood pressure in adults with obesity

Written by | 5 Feb 2024

The new weight loss medication tirzepatide significantly lowered the systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure reading) for nearly 500 adults with obesity who took […]

Almost 1:10 adolescents non-prescription weight loss products globally

Written by | 15 Jan 2024

One in ten adolescents globally have used ineffective and potentially harmful non prescribed weight loss products in their lifetime, with 2% using them in the previous week. A […]

Science’s 2023 Breakthrough of the Year: GLP-1 agonists show promise for obesity-associated health problems

Written by | 21 Dec 2023

Science has named the development of glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists and this year’s discovery that these drugs can blunt obesity-associated health problems as its 2023 Breakthrough of The […]

Alarm over lax oversight of weight loss drug ads that could harm patients

Written by | 19 Dec 2023

UK organisations responsible for protecting the public from prescription-only drug adverts are putting patients at risk from the harms of weight loss drugs by not enforcing the law, […]

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