A FAT-BUSTING weekly jab can help tubby adults shed 2.4stone in just over a year, a study claims.
Experts found slimmers given semaglutide lost six times more than those just told to diet and exercise.
Experts claim the drug represents the “holy grail” in the fight against obesity.
It works by hijacking the brain’s appetite regulator, telling you that you are full.
Trial participants saw their weight drop by an average of 15 per cent in 15 months.
They typically lost 15.3kg, compared with 2.6kg for those given lifestyle advice alone. A third shed more than a fifth of their entire body weight, similar to results expected from stomach-stapling surgery.
Medics say the £73-a-month jab could reverse the UK’s Type 2 diabetes epidemic, which costs £10billion a year.
Fat now deadlier than fags
FLAB is now a bigger killer than smoking, a study shows.
Being too tubby played a part in 23.1 per cent of deaths in 2017.
Smoking was linked to just 19.4 per cent.
The drop is thought to be down to strong anti-tobacco messaging.
The toll from obesity rose by 29 per cent from 2003 to 2017 — with men more likely to succumb than women. It has also taken over as the biggest cause of some cancers.
Researcher Jill Pell, from the University of Glasgow, said: “National strategies to address obesity should be a public health priority.”
Professor Rachel Batterham, of University College London, told The Sun: “It will just change the way that obesity is managed forever. It is kind of spectacular.
“It should be able to put Type 2 diabetes into remission, due to weight loss.”
The study, published in the New England Journal for Medicine, had 1,961 participants. Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Forum, said: “It’s every obesity specialist’s dream come true.”
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