{"id":858481,"date":"2026-08-17T13:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/858481\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:06:09","slug":"could-a-drug-designed-for-weight-loss-help-athletes-perform-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/858481\/","title":{"rendered":"Could a drug designed for weight loss help athletes perform better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer behind the drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, said in a statement to the BBC: &#8220;We do not support the use of our medicines for purposes that fall outside their approved indications.&#8221; Eli Lilly, the manufactory behind Zepbound and Mounjaro stated that: &#8220;Tirzepatide is indicated, alongside diet and exercise, for adults, adolescents and children aged 10 years and above with type 2 diabetes, and for adults with obesity or overweight and a weight-related comorbidity for weight management.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer behind the drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, said in a statement to the BBC: &#8220;We&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[64,63,137,490],"class_list":["post-858481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}