A public health expert explains how GLP-1 drugs have changed the way healthcare providers understand and treat obesity.

What started with Ozempic has become a new era in weight-loss success with blockbuster GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound helping fight obesity. But they’re just the beginning. New treatments that ...

Airlines could have weight loss drug manufacturers to thank for savings if passengers become lighter, allowing carriers to spend less money on fuel. As GLP-1 medications for weight loss become ...

The growing use of weight-loss products may end up saving the biggest U.S. airlines as much as $580 million in fuel costs this year as passengers shed pounds and make planes lighter, according to a ...

Fiber—insoluble fiber, to be specific—can "speed up the passage of food through our digestive tract, so it can promote a bowel movement," Marissa Karp, RD, a registered dietitian, previously told ...

Wall Street is finding an unexpected beneficiary of America's weight loss boom: airlines. With the first GLP-1 weight loss drug now available in pill form, analysts at Jefferies say broad adoption ...

A Wegovy pill is now available in pharmacies nationwide. The weight loss medication is an alternative to GLP-1 injections. Below, a weight loss expert shares what you need to know. Wegovy—a medication ...

GLP-1 weight-loss pills appear to be just as effective as injections, with clinical trials showing similar average weight loss when taken correctly. The safety profile of GLP-1 pills largely mirrors ...

People who stop taking weight-loss injections such as Wegovy and Mounjaro regain pounds much faster than those who halt exercising and dieting, a new medical study shows. Research published in The ...

At this point, millions of people in the U.S. have tried at least one of a variety of glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist drugs such as Zepbound or Wegovy. For some, these medications have ...

Stopping weight loss drugs is followed by weight regain and reversal of beneficial effects on heart and metabolic health markers such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure, finds a study ...