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Wegovy, Novo Nordisk and obesity drug

Novo Nordisk says its obesity drug in higher dose shows 20.7% weight loss

Novo Nordisk said a higher dose of its drug Wegovy led to greater weight loss in patients during a late-stage trial, but the results fell short of the weight loss achieved with Eli Lilly's rival drug Zepbound,

The Washington Post on MSN · 4h

Medicare to negotiate price of Ozempic, Wegovy weight-loss drugs

Federal officials are targeting the blockbuster drugs as part of their ongoing initiative to lower drug costs.

MarketWatch on MSN · 4h

Tripling Wegovy dosage leads to more weight loss, Novo Nordisk trial shows

Tripling the dosage of the Wegovy weight-loss drug leads to more weight loss, Novo Nordisk said Friday. The Danish drugmaker announced results from a Phase 3B trial of semaglutide at a 7.2 milligram dosage,

Wall Street Journal · 5h

Wegovy at Higher Dose Achieves Greater Weight Loss in Trial

Novo Nordisk said patients taking a bigger dose of its blockbuster obesity drug lost more weight than those on a lower dose, without experiencing an increase in side effects.

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Newsweek · 1d

End of the Line for BMI? Experts Propose New Obesity Definition

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present framework,

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Moving away from BMI, experts propose a new definition for obesity

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.

Reuters · 2d

Beyond BMI: global commission proposes new way to diagnose obesity

Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition causes ill-health, according to a new framework drawn up by experts and endorsed by 76 medical organizations internationally.

New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

The Economist2d

Is obesity a disease?

By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...

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New report proposes redefining obesity by adding body fat and health status to BMI

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

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New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI. A doctor explains.

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

The New Definition of Obesity

Instead of BMI, the commission recommends that obesity be diagnosed through one of these methods: Using another measurement ...

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New guidelines encourage doctors to move beyond BMI for diagnosing obesity

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...

2don MSN

Obesity needs new definition, says global report

More than a billion people are estimated to be living with obesity worldwide and prescription weight-loss drugs are in high ...

New Scientist on MSN2d

A new definition of obesity could help treat millions of people

Obesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...

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