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Women who lost weight using GLP-1 medications are judged more harshly than those who lost weight through diet and exercise, with negative reactions driven largely by beliefs that medication-assisted weight loss is a ‘shortcut’, according to a study by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers. The study also found higher levels of stigma when the women in sample scenarios were portrayed as white rather than Black. The findings highlight how social narratives about ‘acc

There are fundamental sex-based differences in how weight loss medications interact with human biology, according to a study by Olio...

Women in low- and middle-income countries, especially in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, may be ten times more likely to have obesity or...

Swedish researchers have reported that there were no differences in physical activity levels in women two years after Roux-en-Y gastric...

Women were more likely than men to report feeling stigmatised about abdominal fat, regardless of their body mass index or weight,...

Women with obesity and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study...