First, let’s talk about what obesity isn’t. It’s not a character flaw, a sign of laziness, or evidence of a lack of control. It’s not a reason to feel shamed or be made the punch line of a joke. Just like type 1 diabetes or multiple sclerosis, obesity is a disease—and a...
Dr. Shah says he counsels his patients to expect to regain weight after going off Ozempic. Dr. Stanford also says that it’s “likely” that most people will regain weight when they stop taking the medication. “To reduce the amount of weight regain, we can recommend high levels of phys...
What’s made semaglutide so tantalizing to researchers isn’t just the biology behind it but the actual results. Earlier this year, Novo Norodisk published the first of several double-blinded, placebo-controlled, and randomized large trials testing out semaglutide for people with obesity. Compared ...