Latest Weight management News

Zepbound tops Wegovy for weight loss in Eli Lilly study

Dec. 04, 2024 10:26 AM EST

Shares of Eli Lilly climbed Wednesday after the drugmaker detailed a study showing that its blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound helped patients shed more pounds than Wegovy from rival Novo Nordisk. Lilly said patients taking Zepbound lost about 20% of their weight on average...

Cheap Ozempic? How millions of Americans with obesity may get access to costly weight-loss drugs

Nov. 26, 2024 18:18 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of obese Americans would get access to popular weekly injectables that would help them shed pounds quickly if a $ 35 billion proposal from the Biden administration is blessed by President-elect Donald Trump. The rule, unveiled Tuesday by the Health and...

Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans

Nov. 26, 2024 14:46 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning. The costly proposal from the U.S. Department of...

Biden seeks Medicare and Medicaid coverage of popular but costly weight-loss drugs for millions of Americans

Nov. 26, 2024 05:19 AM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden seeks Medicare and Medicaid coverage of popular but costly weight-loss drugs for millions of Americans.

South Korean man convicted for deliberately gaining weight to evade military service

Nov. 26, 2024 00:50 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to a suspended prison term for deliberately gaining more than 20 kilograms (44 pounds) to evade a tougher role in the country’s military conscription system, a Seoul court said Tuesday. In South Korea, all...

After 67 days adrift, a Russian man was rescued but his brother and nephew are dead

Oct. 15, 2024 13:48 PM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian man was rescued in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for more than two months in a tiny inflatable boat that lost its engine, but his brother and nephew have died, officials said Tuesday. The prosecutor's office in the far east of Russia said that...

WeightWatchers CEO who oversaw diet company's move into weight loss drugs abruptly leaves role

Sep. 28, 2024 12:39 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — WeightWatchers is shaking up its leadership. WW International announced Friday that CEO Sima Sistani would leave her role effective immediately. Tara Comonte, a WeightWatchers board member and former Shake Shack executive, was made interim chief executive. ...

Want to burn calories? Climbing stairs might be the most effective exercise for you

Sep. 21, 2024 09:39 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — If you're trying to lose weight and want a new way to do it, stair-climbing as a regular exercise — or just adding a few flights a day — might be for you. It's accessible, and research shows it's more effective than walking on level ground. "Overall,...