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Obesity

September 2024

  • A man seen from above, eating a bowl of instant noodles at a rough table covered with sackcloth

    A common condition
    Time for a noodle tax?: Doctor who sounded alarm on ultra-processed food urges tougher action

  • Vials of blood and syringe

    New blood test could help spot children at risk of serious illnesses, study finds

  • Semaglutide injection pen among rows of colourful pills of various shapes and sizes

    Science Weekly
    From dementia to heart disease: could weight-loss jabs transform chronic conditions? – podcast

  • An illustration of two hands, one holding an ozempic applicator, the other a pregnancy test

    ‘Ozempic changed my life’: do diabetes jabs boost the chances of conception?

  • Junk food TV ads to be banned pre-watershed in UK from October 2025

  • NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

  • Death by diabetes: America's preventable epidemic
    Kamala Harris should launch a national campaign to end the US diabetes epidemic

    Neil Barsky

August 2024

  • Ozempic box and blue pen

    Weight-loss drugs ‘slow down the ageing process’, scientists suggest

  • A man smoking a cigarette

    UK MPs urged to give up freebies from tobacco, alcohol and junk food firms

  • Glass of whisky with ice

    Will Labour resist the ‘killer tactics’ of industry’s enemies of public health?

  • Young female nurse and male vet examining happy looking labrador

    Science Weekly
    Summer picks: what can our dogs teach us about obesity? – podcast

  • The Guardian view on meat: we need to eat less of it

  • Majority in UK want new tax on makers of ultra-processed and junk food

  • Novo Nordisk cuts profit outlook after weaker sales of weight-loss drug Wegovy

  • Are ultra-processed foods always harmful?

July 2024

  • Devi Sridhar

    Ozempic or Wegovy can be a godsend, but their non-medical use is alarming

    Devi Sridhar
    Semaglutides are powerful drugs that carry risks, not tools for rapid weight loss, says professor of public health Devi Sridhar
  • Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London

    Weight-loss jab gets green light to be used to prevent heart attacks in UK

    Wegovy wins approvals from MHRA as drug to help reduce risk of heart problems in people who are overweight

    • Why preventing long-term sickness in the UK is an economic necessity

    • Children’s sugar consumption halved since tax announcement, study finds

    • Much of NHS in England ‘does not take obesity seriously enough’

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