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April 18, 2025, 03:06 PM - 2 min read
Filmmaker Karan Johar said he is currently on a diet where he eats one meal a day and stays active by playing paddleball and swimming. Image: X
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November 15, 2024, 09:46 AM - 7 min read
The weight loss drug is extremely effective (people lose about 15% of their body weight in a year). It also appears to have many benefits beyond just weight loss.
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October 10, 2024, 09:51 AM - 8 min read
The dietary supplement market has sought to cash in on the GLP-1 demand with pills, teas, extracts and all manner of other products that claim to produce similar effects as the brand names at a much lower price.
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September 27, 2024, 10:26 AM - 5 min read
The arrival of GLP-1 analogue drugs (such as Wegovy) marked a huge shift in the weight loss drug market. These drugs have been shown to lead to significant weight loss in users – as much as 15% or more of their body weight in clinical trials.
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August 7, 2024, 10:58 AM - 2 min read
Originally developed as a treatment for type 2 diabetes, so-called “skinny jabs” containing the appetite-suppressant semaglutide are a relatively recent innovation.
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July 6, 2024, 12:08 PM - 2 min read
Patients using diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy might face a higher risk of developing a serious eye condition. This condition, called a stroke of the optic nerve or NAION, can lead to blindness, as per new research findings.
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April 10, 2024, 09:19 PM - 2 min read
The Ozempic buzz isn't just rooted in health and medicine but plays into ideas of fat stigma and fat phobia. This can perpetuate fears of fatness and fat people, and the behaviours that harm people who live in larger bodies
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