'Blind spot': alarm sounded on weight-loss medications

‘Blind Spot’: Alarm Sounded on Lack of Research into Side Effects of Weight-Loss Drugs

While weight-loss medications are often hailed as wonder drugs for improving the lives of people battling obesity, dietitians are increasingly concerned about the lack of research into long-term nutritional health impacts. At least half a million Australians are taking weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro every month, with popularity continuing to increase despite a shortage of the drugs. Nutrition and dietetics professor Clare Collins…

'Blind spot': alarm sounded on weight-loss medications

Limited research into the long-term nutritional health impacts of weight-loss medications such as Ozempic could be putting people at risk of harm.

'Blind spot': alarm sounded on weight-loss medications • The Western Weekender

While weight-loss medications are often hailed as wonder drugs for improving the lives of people battling obesity, dietitians are increasingly concerned about the lack of research into long-term nutritional health impacts. At least half a million Australians are taking weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro every month, with popularity continuing to increase despite a shortage of the drugs. Nutrition and dietetics professor Clare Collins…