A new study published in JAMA Network Open contends that women may lose more weight on semaglutides like Ozempic than men. Here's why, according to doctors.

It can be tricky to pin down an average weight loss for women on Ozempic, given that plenty of factors influence how much weight someone loses on the medication, says Mir Ali, MD, a bariatric surgeon and medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California.

Developed to treat diabetes, drugs like Ozempic now help fight obesity. Scientists newly honoured for working on them recall their findings Half a century of advances in biomedical science paved the way for today's powerful weight-loss drugs like Ozempic - so what was that journey like for the scientists involved?