Drug companies are making billions from a new class of in-demand weight-loss treatments. But the prices are not what they seem.
Category: Obesity
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Lawsuit Challenges Insurance Restrictions on Weight Loss Drugs Like Wegovy
Many employers and government programs won’t cover costly obesity medications. A lawsuit is challenging one such policy.
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Wegovy, the Weight Loss Drug, Relieves Heart Failure Symptoms: Drugmaker’s Study
The drug Wegovy eased issues for people with a type of heart problem, adding to the treatment’s benefits beyond weight loss.
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In Poorer Countries, Obesity Can Signal Financial Security
A study found that loan officers in Uganda, where information is scarce, were more likely to offer credit to heavier-looking people.
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New Obesity Drugs Come With a Side Effect of Shaming
Wegovy and other drugs expose a social tension between a quest to medicate illness and a stigmatizing belief that obese people lack sufficient willpower to lose weight.
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What Is Intuitive Eating? Meet the Duo Behind the Method
Once considered radical, Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole’s method of intuitive eating has become the cornerstone of the modern anti-diet movement.