The Latest Breaking News from Obesity

New highly-effective weight loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk's Wegovy are not a “silver bullet” for addressing the rapid rise in global obesity rates, the World Health Organization’s nutrition chief told Reuters, as the agency conducts its first review of obesity management guidelines in more than 20 years.

Record View says in order to tackle the obesity crisis, we should adopt the mantra of eat less and move more.

Research conducted by New Patients has shown where East, North and South Ayrshire all weigh in.

‘Not all siestas are the same’

The risk of colorectal cancer is known to increase with obesity. This association has likely been severely underestimated thus far, according to research from the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ). Read further on Dynamite News:

In the past two decades, children have become more obese and have developed obesity at a younger age. A 2020 report found that 14.7 million children and adolescents in the U.S. live with obesity.

Novo Nordisk stock slumped Thursday after its weight loss blockbuster, Wegovy, missed sales expectations despite rocketing demand.

Ex-chancellor urges UK PM extend sugar tax and raise legal age for tobacco to curb obesity and cancer

In the United States, about 74 per cent of adults aged 20 and older are overweight or obese, with nearly 42 per cent obese. Read further on Dynamite News:

Around 24 hours after going under the knife for liposuction and a tummy tuck at an obesity hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Gleyciane Alves Maciel Brito went into cardiorespiratory arrest

For children aged 10 to 11, 44.8 per cent were found to be overweight or obese in Nottingham.