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Feb 2021
Study finds ‘game changer’ appetite drug cuts body weight by up to twenty per cent
A new drug that has been shown to cut some people’s body weight by up to a fifth has been described as a “game-changer” in the fight against obesity.
According to a global study involving researchers from University College London, more than one third of people who took semaglutide, an appetite suppressant, lost more than opne-fifth of their total body weight.
The drug works by hijacking the body’s own appetite regulating system in the brain, leading to a reduction in hunger and calorie intake.
Rachel Batterham, professor of obesity, diabetes and endocrinology who leads the Centre for Obesity Research at UCL and the UCLH Centre for Weight Management, is one of the lead authors of the study, which involved nearly 2,000 people in 16 countries.
She said “The findings of this study represent a major breakthrough for improving the health of people with obesity.
“Three quarters of people who received semaglutide 2.4mg lost more than ten per cent of their body weight and more than one-third lost more than twenty per cent.
“No other drug has come close to producing this level of weight loss – this really is a gamechanger.
“For the first time, people can achieve through drugs what was only possible through weight-loss surgery.”
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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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