Weight loss news headlines

The study found risks of these events happening to individual patients appears to be rare - about 1 per cent of people taking Ozempic were diagnosed with stomach paralysis, for example.

Ballooning demand for the diabetes drug has triggered global shortages.

If your main fitness goal is weight loss, you may want to consider the time of day you're exercising, according to new American research offering clues that could help maximise your efforts.

The popular type 2 diabetes drug has gained popularity online for its use as a weight loss treatment.

Unsuccessful in finding a buyer, it will now "immediately cease trading" with all staff made redundant.

The Australian and New Zealand companies of popular weight loss and nutrition business Jenny Craig have appointed voluntary administrators.

The Federal Government is commissioning experts at Deakin University to lead a review into the guidelines around the advice that doctors and medical experts will provide for people who are obese or overweight.

Semaglutide, sold in the forms of Ozempic and Wegovy, shot into public consciousness as an effective weight-loss medication last year, thanks to spruiking from social media influencers and people such as Elon Musk.

The odds are stacked against obese people who try to lose weight by calorie-controlled or restricted diets, a new UK study has revealed.

The 12-week CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet costs $199 and offers a financial incentive for those who stick to the program, meaning members can get their money back.

Suunto has made a point of making its fitness watches look better.

A treatment for Type 2 diabetes is helping those who are severely overweight shed kilos.

Australians who can match their diet to their personality may be able to keep weight off for good, the nation's top scientific body has found.

About two thirds of Australian adults are overweight or obese and experts say diet and exercise alone can't cure the problem.

The diet claims to have a "special blend" of amino acids that can crumble away up to 9 kilograms in one week.

Australia's national science agency the CSIRO has revealed the key to losing three times more weight is linked to technology.

Less-expensive, easier-to-prepare ultra-processed foods can make you fat, a new study says.

A new medication to help fight obesity has been launched in Australia.

Eating within a 12-hour period and fasting for 12 hours could be the answer to shedding kilos and regulating metabolism, a new study has found.

Nita and Stephen were madly in love but after a seven-year romance, Stephen's eye began to wander when he shed some kilos at Weight Watchers.

Aussie food packaging could soon show how many teaspoons of added sugar are in the product.    

Trent Morrow, 45, lost 30kg in four months, has a Guinness World Record and has run an incredible 343 races- including seven in one week.

At her heaviest Josie Dresgand weighed 120kg and was miserable and embarrassed by her appearance. So she decided to do something about it.

The weight loss company has been fined more than $37,000 over an advertisement featuring the former Spice Girls star.

Cynara Stalenhoef shed more than half her body weight after being told she was 'too fat' to donate her kidneys to her sick husband.

For the first 25 years of Rebecca Hawkins life, she was “the big girl” but a disturbing photo of her changed it all.

Rosie Desgrand, from Queensland, has silenced her doubters by losing a whopping 60 kilograms.

In 12 months 9news.com.au's Sean Thompson dropped more than 30kg, and found that shedding the extra weight wasn't as daunting as it seems.

If you need to shed some winter kilos or just get some spring in your step, there's a free program that could be just what you need. 

Everywhere you turn there's a new weight loss fad, but one Queensland weight loss guru is proving you don't have to fork out big dollars or make radical changes to slim down.