Who fares better with dieting – men or women?

Australian findings show that women shed more kilos than men on medications but men lose more on diets

Women with overweight and obesity tend to shed more kilograms using weight loss medications than men, Australian research shows. 

Conversely, men appear to have greater success with dieting than their female counterparts, say University of Sydney authors, who presented their findings at the International Congress on Obesity in Melbourne last week.