A REVOLUTIONARY fat-busting drug has been found to halve the risk of a killer disease. The weight loss jab, which works by making people feel more full, might soon be available on the NHS. New anal…
have suggested that more Brits will be obese than a healthy weight within five years.The US researchers decided to look at how semaglutide might reduce that risk by analysing the results of previous studies.
A study of 1,961 overweight or obese Americans found those given the therapy for 16 months were 61 per cent less likely to develop diabetes over the following decade.They then either remained on semaglutide or were switched to a placebo for the next 48 weeks. The group that remained on the therapy shed, on average, 17 per cent of their body mass - about two stone for a 15-stone individual.The same results were found during a second trial of 803 vulnerable participants.
Diabetes risk was predicted by experts using a formula that takes into account sex, age, race, body mass index and blood pressure as well as levels of blood glucose and fats.Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Forum, previously described the jab as the “holy grail” of weight loss treatments."This could be the first treatment that finally starts
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