Very few people are currently being prescribed drugs for weight loss on the NHS in Scotland, research by BBC Scotland News ...

Doctors say the cost of prescribing them - and the number ... Professor Naveed Sattar, from Glasgow University, is chair of the UK government's Obesity Mission. He said that when a new innovation ...

US President Donald Trump rolls out tariffs on his neighbours and China, while UK food and drink inflation continues to grow ...

Compiled by the National Audit Office, it is the first official assessment of the human and economic cost of the national weight problem. Obesity caused more than 30,000 premature deaths in 1998 ...

There’s no clear path toward widespread coverage of these drugs for obesity, even as polls show Americans favor having Medicaid and Medicare cover the costs. Leaders at Zepbound maker Eli Lilly ...

For some people, the quest to lose weight feels like a constant struggle. Now, scientists have revealed that a newly ...

GPs will vote on issuing patients 'indefinite’ fit notes part of future collective action being debated at the special LMC ...

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In the UK, the total will rocket to 49million from 38.4million in 2021, sparking fears of increased pressure on hospitals and medical facilities. Obesity currently costs the NHS around £6 ...

YOU could soon grow your own Ozempic-like weight loss medication at home, scientists claim. A team of students from Canada ...

If the UK is to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 ... In October 2024, the House of Lords food, diet and obesity committee estimated diet-related ill health and obesity cost £98 billion a ...