obesity

Vaccine makers and companies manufacturing breakthrough obesity drugs saw share prices fall on nomination

US packaging giant backing huge demand for injectable obesity drugs to fill the gap left by falling demand for Covid vaccines

Announcement is first major investment by a US multinational following Trump victory in presidential election

Drastic action is considered essential, but this is part of a wider strategy that represents a looming calamity for Stormont

BMI is criticised for treating fat and muscle mass the same. Does a newer measure solve the problem?

Company is investing $2.8bn in two Irish plants to produce its in-demand weight loss drugs and a new Alzheimer’s therapy

Using such medications to lose excess fat that risks your health is no more of a moral failing than using a blood pressure medication to lower high blood pressure that increases your risk of stroke

Enda Sheppard: I resemble more and more a front-loading camel, stocking up for the long winter ahead. Except it’s nowhere near winter

Removing branding from cigarette boxes has reduced smoking among young people. We must now do the same with unhealthy food and drinks as childhood obesity can trigger disease in later life

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Active ingredient in brands including Wegovy and Ozempic also found to have brought about cardiovascular benefits for participants in research

While aimed at child health and rolled out impressively fast, school food merits better use of public money by the Government

Patients are being denied access to a potentially life-saving obesity treatment

‘We need to go back to basics to organise ourselves in groups, to have clear political objectives and to demand change’

Disadvantaged groups, however, continue to be disproportionately affected by an overall rise obesity over the past 30-plus years

Having felt a sense of shame and failure for years, bariatric surgery proved life-changing for electrical contractor Joe Meade

For all the popular clamour for the new medication it is not without side effects

‘He wouldn’t want to die, nobody wants to,’ says wife of Cristian Nascimento (26) who died in Cavan 21 days after returning from Istanbul clinic

Diet high in fruit, vegetables and wholegrains can reduce risk by 24%, even for those with added risk factors

Pharmaceutical giant suffers a post-Covid-19 hangover as demand for pandemic vaccines and medicines falls sharply