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Weight loss drug Wegovy may soon be reimbursed in France

Subject to Health Ministry approval the drug could be reimbursed under certain conditions

France set to lower weight tax threshold for new gas-guzzling vehicles

However, electric cars will be exempt from the charge

Obesity in France must be made national priority, say health groups

The proportion of people obese in France has doubled from 8.5% in 1997 to 17% in 2020

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Don’t use diabetic drug for weight loss, warns French health agency

The drug has hit headlines after videos on social media platform TikTok hailed it as helping weight loss

Doctor’s slimming belt wins French contest after judge loses weight

The inflatable belt that mimics gastric surgery won France’s Concours Lépine inventors’ contest - one of the judges lost three kilos in a week

French people have gained weight during lockdown

Most French people have gained weight during home confinement, a study shows.

‘Being thin is integrated into French culture’

France is too fat-phobic ... I’m the proof

Body confidence campaigner says country is one of the worst for discrimination against fat people

New global definition of one kilogram comes into force

A new worldwide official definition of the mass of one kilogram has entered into official usage this week, after over 130 years of being measured by a platinum and iridium cylinder in Paris.

Diététicien or nutritionniste – what difference?

I am looking to lose weight and wondered if I should see a diététicien or a nutritionniste – is there a difference? L.S.

Miss Ronde hails ‘ideal body’ law

New laws forcing advertisers and publishers to identify retouched photos and to ask models for medical certificates are “about time,” according to the winner of Miss Ronde France, a beauty contest celebrating larger-sized women.

France’s 138-year-old official kilogram weight checked

Scientists are checking France’s official kilogram weight, amidst scientists’ worries it is “losing weight”, and the forthcoming change to its international definition in 2018.