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News Articles: weight loss

A T-shirt from fashion brand Namilia shown during Berlin Fashion on July 3, 2024 sparked an outcry on the brand's Instagram, with readers noting that Ozempic is in short supply for people with a medical need for it.

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  • Health

Ozempic's popularity leads to shortages for people with Type 2 diabetes

Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are in such high demand that many patients with Type 2 diabetes can't get them when they need them.

July 10, 2024
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  • Sydney Lupkin
Intermittent fasting performed as well as calorie-counting for helping people with Type 2 diabetes manage weight and blood sugar.

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  • Health

Popular for weight loss, intermittent fasting may help with diabetes too

New research finds that limiting eating from noon to 8 p.m. helped patients manage weight and blood sugar as much as calorie counting – and was easier to keep up.

October 27, 2023
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By:
  • Will Stone
Some people who take Ozempic and Wegovy report it tamps down their cravings for alcohol, and they're drinking less.

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  • Health

Ozempic seems to curb cravings for alcohol. Here's what scientists think is going on

People taking weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy report a dampening of the urge to drink. Here's how the drugs curb cravings and what that could mean for helping treat addiction.

August 28, 2023
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff

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  • Health

There's a way to get healthier without even going to a gym. It's called NEAT

All those daily activities we'd rather avoid — taking the stairs, cleaning the house etc. — have a big metabolic payoff. Non-exercise activity thermogenesis can help manage weight and boost health.

July 22, 2023
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  • Will Stone
New research finds that people who try time-restricted eating have success losing weight comparable to those who count calories.

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  • Your Health

Intermittent fasting is as effective as counting calories, new study finds

Limiting when you eat to a six- or eight-hour window can help reduce caloric intake. While the weight loss isn't dramatic, it may be easier to stick to than counting calories.

June 28, 2023
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  • Will Stone
ShantaQuilette Develle Carter-Williams, 44, was prescribed Ozempic after a stroke put her life in danger. The drug worked wonders — until she couldn't get it.

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  • Business

'You forget to eat': How Ozempic went from diabetes medicine to blockbuster diet drug

The Novo Nordisk diabetes medication was found to cause significant weight loss in users and has since become a blockbuster drug and very big business.

April 02, 2023
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  • Stacey Vanek Smith
Children share apples in Sydney, Australia.

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  • Children's Health

New childhood obesity guidance raises worries over the risk of eating disorders

Many eating disorder specialists oppose the new guidance's focus on weight loss and BMI, and say it minimizes the risk of disordered eating and will perpetuate deep-rooted, damaging stigmas.

February 15, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
Intense physical activity may not be as helpful in losing weight as you may hope.

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  • Health

Why Crash Weight Loss Programs Don't Work: Clues From Hunter-Gatherer Societies

Evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer shares why some of the most physically active people in the world don't burn more calories than office workers. And what that means for your fitness goals.

July 16, 2021
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  • John Henning Schumann
Health conditions exacerbated by obesity include heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, according to the CDC. Researchers say the newly approved drug Wegovy could help many who struggle with obesity lose weight.

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  • Health

Obesity Drug's Promise Now Hinges On Insurance Coverage

Clinical trials show Wegovy triples the average weight loss seen with other drugs. Whether it will reach many patients largely depends on whether insurers decide to cover it.

July 06, 2021
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  • Yuki Noguchi
Food journalist Barry Estabrook talks with diet gurus and sifts through dieting history and the latest nutrition studies. He discovers that unfortunately, these diets don't really work in the long term for most people because they are too strict or require unnatural patterns of eating.

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  • Fitness & Nutrition

When Your Fad Diet Fails, And It Probably Will, 'Just Eat'

Diets often fail in the long term because they're too strict or require unnatural eating habits. In a new book, Barry Estabrook turns to science and history to find a weight-loss regimen that works.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • April Fulton

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