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A patient's room inside the psychiatric hospital in Kfar Shaul, Jerusalem, July 31, 2012 (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
December 31, 2025, 11:02 am
Almost 1 in 3 Israelis say they need professional mental health support – survey
After two years of war, 39% of IDF personnel report needing support for mental health issues, 26% are concerned about depression, 48% have difficulty sleeping
By Diana Bletter
MD-PhD candidate Alon Zemer, left, and Dr. Alexandra Tsitrina of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (Courtesy)
November 28, 2025, 8:06 pm
Dieting in middle age may harm the brain, Israeli researchers warn
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev scientists find middle-aged mice who lost weight in peer-reviewed study were prone to inflammation linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s
By Diana Bletter
Richard Simmons speaks to the audience before the start of a summer salad fashion show at Grand Central Terminal in New York on June 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
July 14, 2024, 5:26 pm
Fitness and weight loss icon Richard Simmons dies at 76
Born to a Russian-Jewish mother, Simmons helped people lose weight through his silly public persona and exercise videos after having struggled with being overweight earlier in life
By Mark Kennedy
Illustrative: Woman holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, in Front Royal, Virginia, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
May 3, 2024, 9:04 pm
Weight loss drug Wegovy arrives in Israel, ending off-label use of Ozempic
With the drug purchased privately and often requiring injections of increasing doses, users face high ongoing monthly prices
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Feet on a scale (Tero Vesalainen; iStock by Getty Images)
July 21, 2023, 11:09 am
Tel Aviv University study argues third of normal-weight Israelis are secretly obese
Researchers urge doctors to use overall body fat composition, rather than body mass index, to more accurately determine patients’ health risks
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Dietician, author and social media influencer Ilana Muhlstein. (Courtesy)
March 8, 2023, 4:06 am
How weight-loss guru Ilana Muhlstein rose from ‘big’ to huge social media sensation
The dietician, best-selling author, mom and TikTok queen is a self-made success story – and now she’s teamed up with Gal Gadot
By Aviva Engel
Illustrative photo of a woman on a scale. (Shutterstock)
October 27, 2022, 4:52 am
Fat is the final frontier when it comes to full inclusion in the Jewish community
Fat Torah organization aims to end weight stigmas and fatphobia by ‘connecting with sacred text, tradition, and spirituality that fosters body liberation for people of all sizes’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A diabetic woman injects herself with insulin (dzika_mrowka via iStock by Getty Images)
August 3, 2022, 10:12 am
Diabetes patients struggle to get medication that’s snapped up as weight-loss drug
Blood sugar-regulating Ozempic prescribed to thousands for obesity in lieu of injectable Wegovy, not available in Israel – making some diabetics resort to less-effective medication
By Michael Horovitz
An image of the illegally sold 'zero fat' weight loss drug, which contains the illegal drug ecstasy and the banned active substance sibutramine. (Health Ministry)
July 17, 2022, 9:32 am
Illegally sold weight loss drug contains ecstasy, Health Ministry warns
‘Zero fat’ also contains sibutramine, which was banned over a decade ago; ministry tells public to only buy medicine from pharmacies
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: In this May 8, 2014, file photo, an overweight person is seen in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
June 8, 2021, 5:51 am
FDA approves injectable obesity drug that helps people cut weight 15%
Wegovy is a higher-dose version of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug semaglutide; studies show participants had average weight loss of 34 pounds, lost weight steadily for 14 months
By LINDA A. JOHNSON
Illustrative: A toilet bowl in a bathroom (belchonock; iStock via Getty Images)
August 30, 2020, 6:14 pm
Eat your own poop to prevent post-diet weight gain — Israeli study
Team led by Ben-Gurion University finds that with a certain duckweed-based plan, ingesting capsules processed from a subject’s stool samples can limit packing the pounds back on
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of overweight people hiking at the Wingate institute in Israel. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 3, 2018, 4:54 pm
Almost half of Israeli adults overweight, study finds
More women aged 20+ want to lose weight than men, especially among those with normal weight; 24% of women and 18% of men diet regularly
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Obesity (Pixabay)
August 27, 2018, 8:56 pm
Weight-loss drug hailed as ‘holy grail’ in obesity fight, seems safe for heart
New US study finds 39% of subjects on appetite-suppressant Belviq lost at least 5% of their starting weight after a year
By AP and ToI Staff
Judy Krasna
June 13, 2017, 3:35 pm
Judy Krasna
Did you really just say that, doctor?
There are medical health professionals who really need to lose some weight bias
Judy Krasna
May 13, 2017, 11:53 am
Judy Krasna
Fitness trackers: Health or obsession?
For some personality types, counting steps is a dangerously unhealthy activity
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