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The continued poor access to weight loss medication is a huge source of frustration for me and many patients who were just starting to feel the benefits. The daily injection, Saxenda, was helping so many women who were struggling with...

Weight loss jabs like Saxenda and Wegovy are valuable drugs that can help weightloss and health. But they are getting caught up in controversy due to celebrity hype around Ozempic - a version of Wegovy that is NOT licensed for weight loss alone and is increasingly prescribed without proper assessment and support.

There is some good news today. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Evidence (NICE) has published guidance supporting the use of semaglutide (Wegovy) for the management of people who are overweight or obese, under the NHS. As expected, however,...

There’s been a lot in the media recently about the new weight loss drug, Wegovy…but confusion abounds. So, here are the real answers to the questions that many people are asking. Wegovy is a new type of weight-loss medication known...

 I’ve seen it all and done it all in my 20+ years managing weight loss. I’ve set up and run a weight loss surgery service, doing gastric bands, sleeve gastrectomies and gastric bypasses. I’ve placed gastric balloons. I’ve run weight...

As you hit the perimenopause, and are juggling madly with everything that life throws at you, many women I know are on their knees with exhaustion. And, they say that often they are eating more to boost their energy, than...

There are all sorts of explanations for why our weight almost invariably piles back on after dieting – leading to despair and ever-decreasing motivation to try again. But, we just keep on trying the same old approach…..and that cycle of...

If you are anything like me, there are never enough hours in the day or days in the week to get everything done. The bare essentials may make it through but looking after us often ends up at the bottom...

Jumping on and off the scales may give you an idea of how weight loss attempts are going but certainly doesn’t give you the full picture and doesn’t always reflect whether you are a healthy weight. What's more, it often...

Any serial dieter will have an inbuilt fear of dairy, I bet. They'll have been indoctrinated...   "It’s full of saturated fat that's all so bad for your heart and waistline." "You should just have low-fat processed spreads, skimmed milks...