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Two unrelated children were taken to the doctor after their appetites became uncontrollable.

As Wegovy is set to be available on prescription in the UK, we asked doctors what they think of the controversial weight loss injections

Here Dynamite News brings you some wonderful tips by a renowned gastrologist Dr Nivedita Pandey to lose your excessive weight comfortably. Must read further:

A small but growing group of young teens are turning to drastic treatments to lose large amounts of weight, things like body-altering surgery and new drugs that rewire metabolism

Food prices are rising at the fastest rate in almost four decades, with fruit and vegetables up more than 22% in the past year. As often happens during a cost of living crisis, there have been calls to remove the goods and services tax (GST) from fresh produce.

One in four adults in the UK are obese. Obesity is associated with many health conditions including high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart attacks, stroke and cancer. The financial cost of obesity to the NHS is an estimated £6 billion a year.

They will help around 3,000 obese children and their families

Pharma giant Merck unveiled new data for a potential competitor to weight loss drugs from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.

Sleeve gastrectomies can help teens and young adults with obesity lose weight, but the surgery could also poorly affect their bone health.

Data shows worrying increase in hospitalisations with a secondary diagnosis of obesity, and experts say the surge is a knock-on effect of the pandemic

The obesity-related risks also vary across cancer types, like bowel, oesophageal, and liver cancer.