When it comes to weight loss supplements and pills, there's no shortage of them on the market. These are products that you can buy off the shelf in a pharmacy, supermarket and even some convenience stores. However, the biggest issue is that unlike pharmaceutical drugs, evidence for a weight loss pills safety and how effective it is, is not required before it hits the market. The owners of these supplements are only required to hold, but not necessarily produce, evidence substantiating their claims.

Join Dr Nick as he takes you on a deep dive into the literature to find out which pills actually do what they say.

Relevant studies and resources can be found here:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33976376/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31984610/

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Dr Nick Fuller is a Leading Obesity Expert at the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and the founder of the IWL  program: https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/nick-fuller

He holds the following qualifications:

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Obesity Treatment - The University of Sydney

Bachelors Degree, Human Movement & Sports Science - University of Technology, Sydney

Masters Degree, Nutrition & Dietetics - The University of Sydney