Weight gain has long been a common side effect of antidepressants, but some of them are more likely to add pounds than others, according to a new study. The study, published on Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed the electronic health records of more than 183,000 U.S. patients who were considered first-time…
Joanna Bailey, a family physician and obesity specialist, doesn’t want to tell her patients that they can’t take Wegovy, but she has gotten used to it. Around a quarter of the people she sees in her small clinic in Wyoming County would benefit from the weight-loss medications known as GLP-1s, which also include Ozempic, Zepbound…
News around drugs like Ozempic moves fast: There’s a steady drumbeat of new studies, new regulatory approvals, new shortages, new insurance hurdles. Here’s a primer on Ozempic and other popular drugs being widely used for diabetes and weight loss. How do drugs like Ozempic work? Ozempic belongs to a class of medications called GLP-1 receptor…
Emma Lembke did not know what an algorithm was when she started using social media. The then-12-year-old was thrilled when her parents gave her permission to join Instagram. She quickly followed all kinds of accounts — from Kim Kardashian to Olive Garden, she said — and was soon spending five to six hours a day…
When Bryan Mann talks about weight lifting, he often tells the story of Milo of Croton, a Greek wrestler who lived 2,500 years ago. Legend has it that Milo started his yearly training by buying a newborn calf. Every day, he hoisted the calf onto his shoulders and carried it up the stadium steps. As…
On TikTok, a woman blends a half cup of rolled oats with a cup of water and the juice of half a lime. She forces a smile and then hesitantly takes a sip. “That,” she says with a colorful flourish, “is nasty.” The drink isn’t meant to taste good; it’s supposed to be a weight…
Oprah Winfrey, a longtime figure in the national conversation about dieting and weight bias, devoted an hourlong prime-time special on Monday to the rise of weight loss drugs. Her goal, she said, was to “start releasing the stigma and the shame and the judgment” around weight and weight loss — starting with her own, she…
Oprah Winfrey said that she was stepping down from the board of Weight Watchers, a few months after going public about taking a medication for weight loss. The entertainment mogul has been the most prominent spokeswoman for Weight Watchers since joining its board in 2015, helping it weather competition from other weight loss companies while…
Tianna James used to love looking at the photographs Dronme Davis posted of herself on Instagram. Ms. Davis, a plus-size model, included pictures from her modeling campaigns alongside selfies of her stretch-marked stomach with captions like “fat belly saggy tits Sunday.” For Ms. James, 22, Ms. Davis’s feed was a revelation. “I wanted to feel…
I recently started losing weight, and am having trouble figuring out what to wear. It seems foolish to invest in clothes before I finally stabilize again, but wearing things that are too big not only doesn’t look good, but is not good psychologically. Any suggestions? — Paula, Milwaukee Changes in your body, whether intentional or…
