How to Use anti-obesity in a Sentence
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These are key questions in the debate over the new anti-obesity drugs.
— Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 22 Feb. 2024 -
In fact, people have a wide range of responses to anti-obesity medicines.
— Emily Mullin, WIRED, 1 July 2024 -
Safety problems in the 1990s with the anti-obesity treatment known as fen-phen, which had to be withdrawn from the market, were also fresh in their minds.
— Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023 -
Weight Watchers) and Noom are now prescribing these anti-obesity meds as part of their weight loss programs.
— Lipi Roy, Md, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 -
And doctors say people shouldn't take these anti-obesity medications just to drop a few pounds.
— Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023 -
For type 2 diabetics, this is used for long-term weight management and is an anti-obesity drug.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023 -
Sharp said the program is collaborating with community health centers in the city and with Froedtert Health to get the word out about the anti-obesity program.
— Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2024 -
In 2003, Arkansas became the first state to send home BMI reports about all students as part of a broader anti-obesity initiative.
— Kavitha Cardoza, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024 -
Since Wegovy has only been on the market as an anti-obesity drug since 2021, there’s some uncertainty about its long-term effects.
— Sarah Sloat, Health, 30 Mar. 2023 -
The timing was of interest to those who are waiting to see if there’s any chance of popular anti-obesity drugs being included.
— Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2024 -
The paper showed that people taking the drug lost on average 15 percent of their body weight—a level of weight loss practically unheard-of for an anti-obesity medicine.
— Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 7 July 2023 -
The first group was prescribed semaglutide, while the second was prescribed anti-obesity drugs that weren’t GLP-1 receptor agonists.
— Aria Bendix, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024 -
In the 1990s, another popular anti-obesity medication known as fen-phen was sold en masse, but the FDA withdrew approval when doctors linked the drug to heart defects.
— Nina Baker, The Courier-Journal, 23 July 2024 -
Large pharma companies like Roche and Pfizer are also working on their own anti-obesity drugs.
— Bruce Gil, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2024 -
Novo has struggled to keep up with soaring demand for the appetite-suppressing anti-obesity drug, and has limited the number of U.S. patients who can start treatment since May.
— Ed Silverman, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023 -
Last year, the influential group added anti-obesity medications as part of its guidelines for treating obesity in kids ages 12 and up.
— Marina Kopf, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024 -
Watch to see how closely these disparities are reflected in who gets access to new anti-obesity treatments.
— Caitlin Owens, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024 -
In other words, the more effective anti-obesity drugs become, the more insurance providers might realize their value.
— Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2024 -
Aloe vera gel may have lipid-lowering and anti-obesity effects that may help people lose weight.14 Much of the research on aloe vera for fat loss is dated or mostly only in animals.
— Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024 -
Should Medicare cover the new generation of anti-obesity drugs?
— Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 22 Feb. 2024 -
After all, Wall Street analysts are predicting as much as $100 billion in annual revenue to be made from anti-obesity medications in the next six years.
— Will Daniel, Fortune, 10 July 2024 -
In 2021, Novo Nordisk received approval for Wegovy, which has the same active ingredient as Ozempic but comes with a higher maximum dose, as an anti-obesity drug.
— Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Those whose commercial insurance doesn’t cover anti-obesity medications can get a $500 discount on the full price for Wegovy.
— Tami Luhby, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024 -
Novo Nordisk shares were on course for their best day in a month, climbing 3.08%, on news that its new experimental anti-obesity pill could be more effective than its existing Wegovy injection.
— Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024 -
The American Academy of Pediatrics included anti-obesity drugs for the first time this year in its guidelines for treating childhood obesity.
— Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 19 July 2023 -
Arming more doctors and health professionals with the right tools for selecting the right anti-obesity therapies could finally turn the obesity curve around and bring more people to manageable, long-term weight control.
— Alice Park, Time, 30 June 2023 -
The European Medicines Agency started investigating the issue in July after reports of suicidal thoughts and self-harm from people who had been taking the anti-obesity drugs.
— Deirdre Hipwell, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2023 -
Viking Therapeutics is developing both a weight loss injection and a pill while large pharma companies like Roche and Pfizer are also working on their own anti-obesity drugs.
— Bruce Gil, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024 -
The chances of your employer covering an anti-obesity drug depends on its size — bigger organizations are much more likely to offer the benefit than smaller ones.
— Tami Luhby, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024 -
Analysts believe the anti-obesity market is shaping up to be one of the most lucrative opportunities in the history of the pharmaceutical sector, potentially worth as much as $100 billion or more by the end of the decade.
— Robert Hart, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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