Julia Belluz

Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are changing how patients view their own weight struggles. Will society follow?

The enormous cost estimates of obesity in a new report may even be an underestimate, researchers told STAT.

Semaglutide users, and even researchers, have to dig to learn about risks. Why is this information so hard to find?

The drugs are linked to birth defects in animal studies. Why information on this side effect so hard to find?

Semaglutide — which Novo Nordisk calls Wegovy — is the start of a new chapter in obesity treatment. It was inspired by a lizard’s venom.

Covid-19 only intensified the long hours and stressful work environment of America’s doctors. But as the pandemic took a toll on their mental health, their own profession failed some who reached out for help.

Experts are rushing to redefine obesity amid soaring demand for new weight loss drugs. Julia Belluz

By Julia Belluz, Contributor Toronto native Julia Belluz is a journalist focused on medicine, science, and global public health based in Paris.

I've been a health reporter for years. This is what I've learned about why suburban life is so bad for your body and soul.

The city has been building nothing but mansions and shoeboxes for decades. Coming home to Toronto makes feel like I don't have a body at all