Weight loss

Weight-loss pill approval set to accelerate food industry product overhauls

As GLP-1 pills become widely available, food companies and restaurants are adjusting to rising demand for high-protein, smaller portions to meet weight-loss trends.

Semaglutide pills; illustrative.
 Weight-loss injections 41% more effective than surgery in reducing obesity-related cancer risk.

Complications arise from stopping weight-loss injections before pregnancy, study finds

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TikTok and Instagram are driving eating disorders in teens - study

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Midlife weight loss shows metabolic benefits but sparks brain inflammation in BGU - study


What other health conditions are weight-loss drugs being used and tested for?

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy can be used for a variety of other conditions, such as Alzheimer's, alcohol addiction, and liver disease.

 Boxes with the popular weight loss injection drug, Wegovy.

Who ate all the cheese? Obesity experiment finds way to make fat mice burn more fuel

The researcher also looked at what DCA does directly to fat cells. Using a standard fat cell line grown in the laboratory, the team showed that DCA reduced the amount of fat stored inside these cells

Experimental drug helps obese mice shed fat, hints at new way to tackle obesity

“I cut everything out completely”: Inside Sydney Sweeney’s post-fight body reset

"I had to be really strict with myself," Sweeney says, describing how she cut supplements, switched to a super clean diet and added heavy cardio to drop the weight.

Sydney Sweeney poses during the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute with this year's theme 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,' in New York City, New York, U.S., May 5, 2025.

Artificial sweeteners help obese people lose 1.6 kg in a year and improve gut bacteria

WHO recommends against using low-calorie sweeteners for weight control, citing risks of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

Artificial Sweeteners.

The popular supplement for improving sleep that also helps with weight loss

This beloved supplement has received widespread coverage mainly for its positive effect on sleep, but it turns out it can also help with dieting.

Vitamin capsule

Tricking the mind about bariatric surgery: A first-of-its-kind study into hypnotic weightloss

Patients suffering from obesity wore hospital gowns and lay on the operating table, but instead of anesthesia, they underwent an experience of imaginary gastric bypass surgery using hypnosis.

MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGIST Maya Mizrahi with a patient undergoing hypnosis instead of real bariatric surgery.

'I lost 25 kilos without surgery': The method that’s taking Israelis by storm

Patients enter an operating room, but instead of undergoing an actual surgical procedure – they experience all stages of a “gastric sleeve surgery” under hypnosis only.

Hypnosis process for weight loss

10,000 steps a day? unnecessary. The method everyone is switching to that’s 10 times more effective

Apparently, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t know how many steps they should take each day to lose weight, but it turns out there’s a new method that burns more fat. So how does it work?

A woman walking

Dr to Maariv: Each hostage receives personalized dietitian, choosing food important psychologically

Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus's Prof. Noa Elikim Raz and Dr. Sigal Frishman discuss the care and rehabilitation process for the 20 hostages recently freed from Hamas captivity.

Dr Sigal Frishman, head of nutrition at Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus, October 2025.

Eating healthy and exercising – and still gaining weight? This is the reason

Weight gain after workouts and healthy eating doesn’t necessarily mean failure. It often comes from building muscle mass or temporary changes like fluid retention.

Weight gain after workouts and healthy nutrition does not necessarily indicate failure

Parents, you must not pass this scar on to your children

We tell ourselves that we are just concerned about their health, that we want life to be easy for them, but in reality—we project our own childhood wounds onto our children. Let’s break this cycle.

The topic of weight strongly triggers parents.