Most people on GLP-1 drugs can safely fast for Yom Kippur or other religious observances, but they may need to plan ahead, take certain precautions or be ready to call it quits if they feel ill.
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Drug companies are using women of colour and First Nations celebrities in weight-loss campaigns. Not everyone’s happy.
Larger people were seen more negatively than slimmer people doing the same activities in this research.
Denmark eats more sugar than Britain and invented the Danish pastry, yet far fewer Danes are obese. What are they doing differently?
Many people report exercise makes them incredibly hungry. Here’s what might be going on.
The typical alcoholic beverage disclosed only a single piece of nutritional information: its alcohol content.
Based on our modelling we recommend that governments in Egypt and across Africa increase taxes on sugary drinks.
Schools already treat some life skills, such as swimming, as essential.
Dementia is now the leading cause of death, overtaking heart disease. The Conversation’s experts explain how Australians’ health has changed – both good and bad.
New data shows obesity rising fastest among the young and the poor, while it’s mainly the better off who are seeing the benefit of weight-loss drugs.
GLP-1 drugs show promise for more than weight loss. They also cut substance abuse and are changing how we think about the brain’s reward system.
‘Yo-yo’ dieting is not healthy, but a new review found no evidence that it causes irreparable harm.
A GP reflects on the lessons of Eric Schlosser’s ‘muckraking’ classic. A necessary health check on the world we’ve built, it urges us all to take back our agency.
The popular new drug can bring dramatic weight loss for some patients. But for NZ, tackling a rising obesity epidemic is likely to require much broader change.
Your body adjusts your food intake and activity to maintain a balanced weight and avoid starvation. Researchers have proposed several theories explaining how this works.
Lipoedema affects how fat is stored in the body and can cause pain, bruising and reduced mobility.
The second trimester may be a useful time to plan simple meals, snacks and food routines for early parenthood.
Only 1 in 4 Americans are meeting the recommended guidelines for exercise. Here are some research-backed ways to keep moving, even when it’s hard.
Breast, bowel, kidney, pancreatic and ovarian cancer were among the types of cancer found to be increasing in people aged 25 to 49.
When it comes to animals they love, many owners have ‘weight blindness’.
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