obesity
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Asia
South Korean man convicted of binge eating to avoid military service: Report
A South Korean man has been convicted of gaining weight on purpose to avoid serving in the military, The Korea Herald…
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Asia
Analysis: China’s economic malaise seen accelerating obesity rates
STRUCTURAL FACTORS As consumers and workers adapt to the structural changes in an economy urbanising rapidly in the coming decade,…
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More than a billion people worldwide are obese, WHO study finds
Ezzati called the rise in obesity rates among children “very concerning”, mirroring a trajectory seen with adults since even before…
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United Kingdom
Patients hospitalised after using counterfeit weight-loss drugs
Austria’s health authorities said they had reports that Ozempic counterfeit medicine had reached patients. UK regulators also said a small…
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Novo boosted as trial shows weight-loss Wegovy drug has medical benefits
LONDON: Novo Nordisk said on Tuesday (Aug 8) a large late-stage study showed its obesity drug Wegovy had a clear…
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Commentary: Renaming obesity won’t fix weight stigma overnight
SHOULD WE RENAME OBESITY? Calls to remove or rename health conditions or identifications to reduce stigma are not new. For…
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UK probing Novo’s Ozempic, weight-loss drug Saxenda over suicidal, self-harming thoughts
The MHRA said that two other GLP-1 drugs, Sanofi’s lixisenatide and Eli Lilly’s dulaglutide, were also included. Sanofi and Lilly…
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United Kingdom
UK launches €46.5m project to tackle obesity with weight loss drugs
The UK is pouring millions into a programme to tackle obesity with weight loss drugs such as Wegovy. The UK…
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Europe
Talking Europe – Nutrition labelling in the EU: Should food have an EU-wide, front-of-pack label?
/ Shows / Talking Europe Issued on: 05/05/2023 – 16:53 12:21 TALKING EUROPE © FRANCE 24 Europe has been mulling…
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More than half of the world will be overweight or obese by 2035: Report
LONDON : More than half of the world’s population will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, according…
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