September 30, 2025 — A perverse economic environment is, arguably, propelling us toward an overwhelming health problem with obesity that is becoming a wealth issue. Nick Triggle reports in depth for the BBC and makes a strong case for the idea that advanced obesity medicines are turning obesity into a wealth issue. People with the least wealth have the […]
September 29, 2025 — We spend a lot of time these days talking about the risks of ultra-processed foods. Sugar. Additives. Marketing. Long‐term metabolic effects. These are very real concerns. But recent events in Indonesia offer a sobering reminder that more basic failures – poor oversight, bad food handling, spoiled ingredients – can cause acute harm. This has happened […]
September 28, 2025 — Back in March 2024, we welcomed the news of a door opening ever so slightly for Medicare Part D plans to cover GLP-1s in people with obesity and heart disease. So 18 months later, it’s reasonable to ask, how’s that working out for everyone? A new research letter in JAMA gives us an answer, but […]
September 27, 2025 — Bimagrumab continues to be a enigma. We see flickering signs of good news – and then, inexplicably, it goes dark. The pattern repeated itself this week when news emerged that Lilly pulled the plug on a phase two study with bimagrumab and tirzepatide in persons with obesity and diabetes before it even enrolled a single […]
September 26, 2025 — Can we think global and act local on chronic diseases and obesity? At the United Nations General Assembly meeting this week, quite a few people gave it a try – with mixed results. At the end of the day yesterday, no one was terribly surprised when U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threw a […]
September 25, 2025 — This one definitely sounded too good to be true from the start. A little bit of apple cider vinegar daily for young persons with obesity supposedly produced lower body weight, BMI, body fat ratio, blood sugar, triglycerides, and cholesterol. No side effects. However, this stunning piece of research on apple cider vinegar in obesity was […]
September 24, 2025 — The Washington Examiner tells us we can prevent millions of cases of obesity and thousands of strokes simply by dropping twice-a-year time changes. “Study says.” Discover magazine says so, too. The Washington Post is a little more restrained. “We’d all be a little less prone to obesity and strokes if we ditched the switch.” Ditch […]
September 22, 2025 — Yesterday Pfizer announced a $7.3 billion deal to buy Metsera, a company with an impressive obesity drugs portfolio. Roche, having spent $2.7 billion to acquire Carmot in 2023 and $1.6 billion in March on a deal with Zealand, yesterday confirmed its intent to spend everything it takes to become a market leader in obesity. “We […]
September 22, 2025 — Don’t look up statistics on hunger, says USDA. It only causes “fear mongering.” To make sure we don’t have to worry about that, the agency is canceling the survey research on food insecurity it’s been doing for 30 years. That’s right. USDA announced over the weekend that measurement of food insecurity is unnecessary: “The U.S. […]
September 21, 2025 — Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall have some Food Intelligence to offer us this week and their book of this title will be shipping on Tuesday. No, this is not a paid endorsement. It is, though, an earnest recommendation to learn from two of the most thoughtful people we know on the subject of food, health, […]
