In a new article for the University of Cambridge website, five Cambridge experts, including GFS members Prof Martin White and Prof Jean Adams, shared their thoughts on whether the new weight-loss drugs really are the answer to the obesity crisis.
Current estimates suggest almost two thirds of UK adults are overweight or obese. Semaglutide-based weight loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic - and others like them - have proven remarkably effective in helping people lose weight and control type 2 diabetes.
These drugs are being hailed as ‘revolutionary’, with the potential to improve the lives of billions. The UK government has suggested they could even boost the economy by helping obese people get back to work.
The experts featured in the article point out that weight loss jabs as a ‘cure’ for obesity should be considered in the context of our broken food system and the need for regulation and other interventions. So are these weight loss drugs the miracle they seem to be?
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