Weight loss
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The urge to have sex waxes and wanes over a lifetime, but talking openly about desire is the first step to greater understanding. Here’s what experts want you to know.
- Nell Geraets
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Five foods that release the same ‘fullness’ hormone as Ozempic
Weight loss drugs come with unpleasant side-effects. But these readily available foods can help weight loss without the need for medication.
- Sam Rice
Weight-loss jabs could help tackle depression
Studies on more than 25,000 adults have found evidence that weight-loss injections could have a powerful impact on the mind as well as the body.
- Laura Donnelly
‘Miracle’ weight-loss drugs shut down desire, but where’s the fun in that?
Drugs such as Ozempic cut our craving for food. But they can’t control our hunger for all the good things in life.
- Jacqueline Maley
Weight-loss pill ‘works as well as Ozempic’ in new trial
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly’s study of its tablet, orforglipron, has raised hopes of an effective and easy-to-use treatment reaching a market dominated by injections.
- Deena Beasley and Manas Mishra
‘I got hungry again’: What happens when you get off Ozempic?
Some people shed the kilos on semaglutide but regain all the lost weight when they get off the drug. Researchers are working on changing that.
- Liam Mannix
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Rachael lost 50 kilograms but still felt overweight. This booming surgery changed that
Surgeons are removing up to 10 kilograms of excess skin from patients who have lost major amounts of weight, amid a booming interest in body-contouring operations.
- Henrietta Cook
What Stella the baboon taught me about losing weight and living longer
Baboons eat the perfect diet in the wild. There’s one specific “appetite” that could help humans eat well too.
- Angus Dalton
‘Ozempic alternatives’ are everywhere. Here’s what you should know
Supplements promising similar results to Ozempic have taken over social media, but the TGA and health experts have concerns.
- Lauren Ironmonger
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