According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 20% of children and teens are considered obese. Research shows it can ...

(AP) — The medicine in the diabetes drug Mounjaro helped people with obesity or who are overweight lose at least a quarter of their body weight, or about 60 pounds on average when combined with ...

Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may provide a surprising, life-saving benefit for the youngest patients taking these diabetes and weight loss medications.

As with any new drug, parents and doctors may worry that the use of GLP-1 weight-loss meds by children and teens might raise ...

Researchers said the drugs don’t appear to raise the risk of suicidal thoughts or actions for young people but also urged ...

It may be time to add Covid-19 infection to the list of possible risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes at a young age.

About 74% of adult Americans are overweight or obese, and obesity leads to about $480 billion in extra medical care costs, ...

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic were associated with a lower risk of suicidal thoughts in teens with obesity, a new study found.

Nearly two-thirds (64%)  of Americans who have tried weight loss injections report the drugs as being "extremely effective" ...

My own experience initially led me to believe that weight loss was just a matter of commitment and a modicum of self-control.

The FDA updated its database of drugs in shortage to remove tirzepatide, which had sat on that list – along with related semaglutide-based drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy – since 2022 amid unprecedented ...

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