How Ozempic works: why a diabetes shot makes people stop feeling hungry
Why the weight comes back after Ozempic
Lose weight on a diet, and your body pushes back for at least a year. A study measured the hormones behind that push. They help explain why the weight lost on Ozempic so often comes back once the shots stop.
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After six weeks, Rono has his pen again. But one question stays with him. Why did his body take the weight back so fast, as if it wanted it?
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In 2011, scientists in Australia put 50 people on a strict diet for ten weeks, with no drug. On average, they lost about 13 kg. The scientists measured their hunger hormones before, just after, and one year later.
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