“Gamechanger” drug for treating obesity cuts body weight by 20%

One third (35%) of people who took a new drug for treating obesity lost more than one-fifth (≥20%) of their total body weight, according to a major global study involving Professor Rachel Batterham (UCL Medicine).

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