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Jillian Michaels is warning a new obesity drug could lead to risky, unsustainable weight loss

An obesity drug Jillian Michaels hates does help you lose weight - but the effects stop when you stop taking it INSIDER 3/25/2021 Jillian Michaels urged people to use diet and exercise for weight loss instead of medication. The drug semaglutide has shown promise for treating obesity but is still being researched. Michaels comments perpetuate dangerous myths about obesity, according to experts. Celebrity fitness guru Jillian Michaels is speaking out against a promising new obesity medication, saying that lifestyle changes are a better method of weight loss with fewer side effects. Michaels, who rose to fame as a trainer on the controversial weight-loss reality-TV show The Biggest Loser, argued that the drug, semaglutide, may have unforeseen side effects and that the weight-loss results aren t sustainable.

Don t deny yourself a vaccine because of guilt or shame around a high BMI If you re eligible, go for it

Don t deny yourself a vaccine because of guilt or shame around a high BMI. If you re eligible, go for it. amiller@businessinsider.com (Anna Medaris Miller) © Crystal Cox/Business Insider Crystal Cox/Business Insider Having obesity, or a BMI over 30, makes you eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in some states.  But BMI s faults as a metric of health, weight stigma, and other factors are holding some back.  The system is imperfect, but you didn t make it. Getting the shot if you re able benefits us all.  The other day, Clare Rager texted five of her girlfriends.  I m going to be eligible for the vaccine purely because of my body weight, and no other reason, she wrote. Do you think it s a terrible thing for me to do, to get in there and get a vaccine?  

Dating-app con artists are scamming singles up to $900,000 with elaborate fake relationships

Dating-app con artists are scamming singles up to $900,000 with elaborate fake relationships INSIDER 23/02/2021 Romance-related internet scammers had their most lucrative year in 2020, according to an FTC report. Scammers use dating and community-oriented apps to build fake relationships with unsuspecting singles. After months or years gaining trust, the scammers will use their unknowing victims to launder money. Scammers are taking advantage of lovelorn dating-app users during the pandemic, keeping up fake virtual romances for months in order to ask unsuspecting victims for money. According to a February 10 report from the Federal Trade Commission, dating-app con artists had their most lucrative year in 2020, with an estimated $304 million total, or a median $2,500 loss per person, amassed in scams on platforms like Tinder, NextDoor, and OurTime. That s almost double the profit of 2019 dating-app scams, the FTC website said.

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