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Weight-loss drugs better for slimming down than dieting, says expert

by Universalwellnesssystems

If you’re thinking of losing weight through dieting in the new year, you might want to think again.

Experts now claim that changing eating and exercise habits are not as effective as weight loss drugs such as Munjaro or Ozempic.

Professor Yoni Friedhoff of the University of Ottawa has been researching the best ways to lose weight for decades, and has used data from the lifestyle-based weight loss trial Look Ahead to compare two of the new slimming jabs. compared with the test.

He now warns that people looking to drastically change their body shape through dieting may be disappointed.

Participants in the Look Ahead trial stuck to an “intensive” diet plan, losing an average of 4.7% of their total body weight and maintaining that weight for at least four years.

However, participants in the jab trials continued to lose between 10 and 25 per cent of their body weight over the same period of time, depending on the type of drug used.

“It’s not a bad thing that there are drugs that give better results than lifestyle; in fact, it’s a good thing,” Professor Friedhoff said in an article for medical news website Medscape.

Experts argued that changes in diet and exercise habits are not as effective as weight loss drugs like Ozempic (file photo)

More than four in 10 Brits have set their New Year's resolution to lose weight (file photo)

More than four in 10 Brits have set their New Year’s resolution to lose weight (file photo)

‘[They] Not only does it provide dramatically more effective and sustained weight loss than lifestyle interventions, but it also reduces the risk of a growing number of other medical concerns, including heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea. It has also been proven to significantly reduce , minimizing the risk of fatty liver disease and more.

Last year, more than four in 10 Brits set their New Year’s resolution to lose weight, with four in five giving up trying to lose weight by the third week of January.

Weight loss drugs include semaglutide, sold as Ozempic and Wegovy, and tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro.

Plans to roll out tirzepatide on the NHS were announced earlier this month. Nearly 250,000 people are expected to be eligible to receive the drug in the new year.

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