An extra 2.5 million Australians are now classified as obese compared with a decade ago. Andrew Wilson says the health system is letting down people like him.
Imagine a world in the near future where safe,effective weight loss drugs are widespread and larger bodies have become unusual. Is this a vision to be cheered or feared?
James said obesity costs the world two trillion dollars a year,“equivalent to the cost of all warfare and terrorism”.
Sometimes the silence can be more alarming than the snoring – as the bed partners of people with apnoea will know. Why are sleepers left gasping for breath,and how does everyone get a good night’s rest?
Investment mania around a new family of drugs that purportedly offer a miracle cure for obesity has made some pharmaceutical companies into supergiants.
New research has enlivened the debate about whether certain foods are truly addictive.
From health to fast food,investors are starting to question which companies will be slimmed thanks to weight-loss drugs.
No other country on Earth is as universally known,and misunderstood. Don’t believe everything you hear.
An obesity “awareness campaign” by the company behind the world’s top weight-loss drug will be reviewed by the regulator as doctors raise concerns.
It’s not surprising that big cars have been implicated in the increased risk of death and injury.
New data shows Australian men and women are living longer and exercising more,but large numbers continue to smoke and consume more than 10 standard drinks of alcohol each week.