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Battling the bulge jab by jab: India’s weight-loss drugs now within the reach of millions

Bengaluru-based food consultant Monika Manchanda, 50, spoke of the weight loss drug as offering a mental break from a years-long worry.

Vietnam’s weight problem grows as prosperity reshapes diets and lifestyles

Without early intervention, obesity could cost Vietnam up to US$16.28 billion (S$21 billion) by 2035, or about 2 per cent of GDP.

GLP-1 drugs may have a beneficial effect across many types of cancer

FILE PHOTO: A box of Ozempic made by Novo Nordisk is seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

France to reimburse cost of weight-loss drugs for severely obese patients

Boxes of Wegovy move along a packaging line at Novo Nordisk's facility in Hillerod, Denmark, March 8, 2024. REUTERS/ Tom Little

Fatty liver genes combined with diabetes and obesity increase liver cancer risk: S’pore study

Adj A/Prof Daniel Huang, Senior Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, NUH and Chair of the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Cancer Programme at NCIS, with his patient Mr Foo Say Nong at NUH Medical Centre on May 25, 2026.

Pop pill to lose weight? The GLP-1 ‘magic bullet’ is enticing – and dangerous

Like antibiotics, the weight loss drugs are at risk of being misused.

Germany to impose levy on sugary drinks in bid to reduce obesity rates

The move comes as Germany aims to rein in rising rates of obesity to ease pressure on the health system.

Chinese slimmers trade lost fat for beef

More than a third of Chinese adults were overweight in 2022, and around 8.3 per cent were obese, according to the World Health Organization.

Growing number of liver transplant patients linked to obesity and diabetes, instead of hepatitis B

Lian Pooh Kim, 60, who underwent a liver transplant in 2024, pictured at their home on March 27, 2026.

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