Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler shared his experience with GLP-1 weight loss drugs on "CBS Mornings Plus."

Reducing exposure to medicines is always a good thing if similar clinical outcomes can be achieved, and the study suggests it may be possible to improve the efficacy of semaglutide and other GLP-1 acting drugs, which can have side effects including nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, constipation, stomach pain, headache, and tiredness, amongst others.

Weight-loss injections, or GLP-1 receptor agonists, could nearly halve the risk of obesity-related cancers, a new study finds amid rising global obesity rates.

Researchers also found that about one-third of teens undergoing weight-loss surgery had a body mass index (BMI) of more than 50. Severe obesity is considered 30 or greater. (BMI is an estimate of body fat based on height and weight.)

New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO25) in Malaga, Spain (11–14 May) and published in the journal eClinicalMedicine finds that first-generation weight-loss medications like liraglutide and exenatide appear to show anti-cancer benefits beyond weight loss.

With the active ingredients in drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound no longer in shortage, access to medicine for millions who had come to rely on compounded versions is increasingly uncertain.

David Kessler has lost more than 60 pounds on weight-loss drugs and believes they can change the trajectory of chronic disease in the United States.

Orlistat (sold as Alli) is one effective over-the-counter weight loss aid that is also FDA-approved.