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A Second Look at Obesity as a Disease

Understanding the impact of technology is crucial in addressing the obesity epidemic.
Collaboration across families, schools, and healthcare is essential for combating obesity.
Integrating healthy lifestyle messages into children's education is vital.

What to Do If You Have Sleep Apnea

The invention of the CPAP machine by Colin Sullivan has transformed treatments for sleep apnea, but challenges remain for many users.

Ozempic or Bust

Each new solution to the obesity epidemic in America has failed to live up to its promise over four decades.

More than one billion people worldwide afflicted by obesity, WHO study finds

Obesity rates have quadrupled since 1990, exceeding one billion people worldwide.
Obesity is a growing epidemic, particularly affecting poorer countries, children, and adolescents.

Ozempic and Mounjaro: The Dangerous Delusion of Injecting Away Our Weight Crisis

Relying on injectable diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro for weight loss may obscure the need to address root causes of obesity.

The Ozempic Era Is Distorting What We See as Healthy | The Walrus

Oprah Winfrey explores the societal stigma and the rise of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy.

Ultra-processed foods need tobacco-style warnings, says scientist

Ultra-processed foods pose significant health risks and are displacing healthier diets globally, driving the obesity and chronic disease pandemic.
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