Weight loss

Independent and trusted advice about weight loss, including information about weight loss myths, weight loss pills, and gastric banding.

Diet plan

Pharmacy diet plans

A growing number of pharmacies are getting into the weight-loss business, but how do these diet plans weigh up?

20 Jan 2009 | Pharmacy diet plans may help to shed extra kilos quickly, but most fail to deal effectively with the complex broader issues around weight loss.

Xenical

Xenical

CHOICE is concerned the weight loss drug is being sold inappropriately.

14 Feb 2007 | The National Drugs and Poisons Scheduling Committee has withdrawn permission for Xenical to be advertised directly to consumers. However, it did not change Xenical's status to a S3 'pharmacist only' drug.

Slimming-pills

Slimming pills

Can losing weight be as easy as popping the latest pill?

5 Dec 2005 | If you read the ads and are left with the impression that simply popping a few pills could be the answer to all your weight worries.

Fruit

A quick guide to weight loss

Quick-fix diets are never the solution to sustainable weight loss. We give you healthy tips to help you lose weight.

15 Nov 2000 | Coming to grips with your own body and making the best of what you’ve got is a safer bet than yet another failed diet.

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