The U.S. FDA has released a new draft guidance for drugmakers to aid them in developing new treatments for obesity. The new document replaces an earlier draft guidance issued in February 2007. The new guidance stated that its focus is on the design of clinical trials and endpoints to demonstrate sustained weight loss,

Over her three-decade career, weight management physician Dr. Sarah Ro has seen hundreds of patients. Many of them are on Medicaid and have become yo-yo dieters who, despite their best efforts at changing their eating habits and lifestyles,

Researchers from Canada reviewed the results of 26 trials to determine which of the weight loss jabs are the most effective for obese adults who do not have diabetes.

Nearly half of US adults admit they’d take one of the newer, injectable weight loss drugs, but that number falls significantly when they learn that the weight might come back when the meds are stopped.

In 2024, new medicines changed how we think about healthy weight loss—but psychological factors remain just as important as ever.

Eli Lilly has asked to join in opposing a lawsuit brought by compounding pharmacies against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over the agency's decision that Lilly's blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs are no longer in short supply.

According to that study, those who use GLP-1 dugs, such as Wegovy and Ozempic, cut their grocery spend by about 6% during the first few months after starting their prescription, translating to $416 annually. The impact is even greater in higher-income households earning over $125,000, who reduce their grocery spending by 9%, or $690, annually.

GLP-1 receptor agonists, which can cost around $1,300 a month, have caused an increase in premiums that “affect all members, whether they utilize weight loss drugs or not,” IBX said in a statement.