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BMI shouldn’t be the only way to assess who can access weight-loss drugs

By Liz Sturgiss, Professor of Community Medicine and Clinical Education, Bond University
Kimberley Norman, Research Fellow, Obesity and Weight Management, Monash University

Around one in three Australian adults (32%) has a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or above. A further 34% has a BMI of 25 or above.

Australia’s regulator has approved Wegovy, the weight-loss version of Ozempic (semaglutide) and Mounjaro…

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