The world needs more than drugs to fight obesity, writes Novo Nordisk’s ex-boss

The world needs more than drugs to fight obesity, writes Novo Nordisk’s ex-boss

OVER the next decade, obesity and associated chronic diseases will have a profound impact on economies and global health. Yet for all the publicity around weight-loss treatments, it is clear that pharmaceuticals alone cannot solve a crisis that already affects over a billion people worldwide. The challenge lies not just in developing medicines and other interventions, but also in finding ways to prevent obesity and other chronic diseases before …