Clinical Obesity – The End of BMI?

Since the 1990’s, the weight loss industry has been pushing to have ‘obesity*’ classified as a disease. This is the Holy Grail for pharmaceutical companies, because disease status opens the door to government and insurance subsidies, ensuring a...

In The Age Of Ozempic, Have We Lost The Ethical Plot?

The current hype about weight loss drugs is inescapable, and media coverage is worryingly – and consistently – uncritical. I recently came across this article on the ABC news website: ‘Doctors weigh societal costs of using obesity drugs to treat obesity...