The Latest Breaking News from Obesity

When people decide it’s time to lose weight, they’re usually keen to see quick results. Maybe they have an event coming up or want relief from health problems and discomfort.

The Joint Malnutrition Estimates (JME) released by UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank shows there is insufficient progress to reach the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) global nutrition targets and only about one-third of all countries are ‘on track’ to halve the number of children affected by stunting by 2030.

Even if you stick to a healthy diet, being fat still leaves you at a greater risk of health problems

Artificial sweeteners are up to 400 times sweeter by weight – but provide no or negligible energy.

Pfizer hasn't committed to sending a diabetes drug into Phase 3 testing. Instead, the company is waiting on results for another drug,

Undernutrition contributes to up to 45% of child deaths in African countries. At the same time, child obesity rates have doubled between 2006 and 2016. More than 40% of women of reproductive age are anaemic. And 13.7% of infants have low weight at birth. Stunting in the African region is…

YouGov poll for the Obesity Health Alliance shows position of voters on issue

‘We deserve to have more control over the food and drink that’s available and marketed to us’

The Obesity Health Alliance said it was deeply concerned about the growing problem of excess weight.

Obesity levels and associated illness in the borough is greater than the NI average

An oral drug from Pfizer led to faster weight loss than weekly injections of Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Ozempic. Pfizer stock jumped.