Researchers from Canada reviewed the results of 26 trials to determine which of the weight loss jabs are the most effective for obese adults who do not have diabetes.

Experimental weight-loss drug Retatrutide shows promise, helping obese adults lose up to 22% of their weight in 48 weeks. Mimicking three hormones, it outperforms FDA-approved treatments like Ozempic and Wegovy.

Nearly half of US adults admit they’d take one of the newer, injectable weight loss drugs, but that number falls significantly when they learn that the weight might come back when the meds are stopped.

Over her three-decade career, weight management physician Dr. Sarah Ro has seen hundreds of patients. Many of them are on Medicaid and have become yo-yo dieters who, despite their best efforts at changing their eating habits and lifestyles,

McGill University researchers say their study has found GLP-1 drugs are safe and effective for treating obesity and overweight adults without diabetes. The authors say the findings support using the medication to treat those who are overweight and obese among otherwise healthy patients.

The U.S. FDA has released a new draft guidance for drugmakers to aid them in developing new treatments for obesity. The new document replaces an earlier draft guidance issued in February 2007. The new guidance stated that its focus is on the design of clinical trials and endpoints to demonstrate sustained weight loss,