The Latest Breaking News from Obesity

Balanced diet and exercise remain key to losing weight, health body says

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.

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.

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.

A powerful new weight-loss medication may be approved for those aged 12 to 17. But healthcare professionals fear it ignores the underlying socioeconomic causes

Department of Health asks watchdog to assess effectiveness of giving semaglutide to obese youngsters aged 12 to 17