weight loss
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Wegovy and Other New Weight Loss Drugs Actually Work—so What’s Next?
Few prescription drugs have entered the public consciousness as abruptly as Ozempic and Wegovy have in recent years. Novo Nordisk’s brand-name medications have become as synonymous with weight loss as Viagra and Cialis are with erectile dysfunction. But while 2023 has made it clear that these and similar drugs really are the future of obesity…
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More Evidence That People Eat More When They Sleep Less
Getting a better night’s sleep may help you cut down on calories, a new trial this week has shown. The randomised, controlled study found that overweight people who often underslept consumed fewer calories over a two-week period after undergoing a course of sleep training. The findings suggest that a healthy sleep pattern should be a…
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No Strong Evidence Supplements Do Anything for Weight Loss, Large Review Finds
Dietary supplements don’t do much to help people lose weight — that’s the verdict from a large new review published Wednesday. The review found little high-quality evidence from studies trying to test these supplements’ claimed benefits and only inconsistent evidence that some supplements could possibly offer a small boost in losing weight.
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FTC Rules Against Fake Amazon Reviews In Landmark Case
In the first case of its kind, the Federal Trade Commission took action against a diet pill seller for both making false claims and paying to juice their standing on Amazon with fake positive reviews.