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Very cheap Ozempic is coming, allowing people to use it lifelong.

Ultra-cheap Ozempic is coming. That’s a mixed blessing for Australians

Generic versions of the drug can cost as little as $20 a month overseas, in a glimpse of the future for Australia.

  • Nick Bonyhady

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Tim Doyle, co-founder of Eucalyptus.

Ozempic-style drug in pill form wins key approval

Australian tech health providers say they are keen to offer an oral pill version of the class of medications, which previously required injections.

  • Elias Visontay, Leah Douglas and Christy Santhosh
Allira Potter used to be a vocal member of the Body Positivity Movement. She isn’t any more.

Allira was a fierce ‘body positivity’ advocate. Then the movement soured

Former body positivity influencers are fleeing the movement, while “skinny culture” is making an alarming comeback.

  • Nell Geraets
Weight loss drugs like Ozempic – commonly used to manage conditions such as diabetes – have taken the world by storm.

‘Backfired’: Ozempic maker’s disastrous trial and its $US475 billion meltdown

Analysts say Novo Nordisk’s new obesity drug may be obsolete before it hits the shelves, underlining a massive fall from grace for the company behind the weight loss boom.

  • Colin Kruger
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The five things doctors wish you’d do instead of intermittent fasting

A new major review of research found no evidence to support the method as any better for weight loss than other diets.

  • Courtney Thompson
“Ozempic neck” is not a medical issue.

‘Ozempic neck’ is the latest ‘side effect’ of GLP-1s. It’s a symptom of something uglier

Such “conditions” are not medical issues. They’re a way for cosmetic surgeons to sell you something.

  • Hannah Vanderheide
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Josephine Money is a dietician who specialised in eating disorders. She is treating an increasing number of clients who are either using or considering weight-loss medication

‘Watch this space’: How weight-loss drugs are triggering new eating disorders

Inappropriate prescribing and poor support are triggering anorexia in previously healthy patients taking weight-loss medications.

  • Henrietta Cook
Obese passenger

The companies that could be surprise beneficiaries of the Ozempic boom

A US investment bank is already eyeing the fuel-cost benefits for airlines of lighter passengers.

  • Chris Zappone

Already broken your New Year’s resolution? Take this advice

It’s time to stop trying to stick to a bunch of silly, self-imposed rules.

  • Wendy Squires
A growing body of science is aiming to answer whether GLP-1 drugs can help with cancer.

What science says about how weight-loss drugs affect cancer risk

A growing body of science is aiming to answer whether GLP-1 drugs can help with one of the world’s leading causes of death: cancer.

  • Allyson Chiu