I've taken weight-loss jabs for 6 years, says SARAH VINE. Here's the TEN things everyone must know if they're considering it..
. and one VERY surprising benefit LISTEN: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens react to the biggest news stories. Available wherever you get your podcasts now By SARAH VINE FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 01:46 GMT, 26 December 2024 | Updated: 02:09 GMT, 26 December 2024 e-mail View comments There's no doubt that 2024 has been the year of semaglutide.
In the space of just a few months, the drug – designed originally to treat type 2 diabetes and sold under a variety of brand names, chiefly Ozempic and Wegovy – has kick-started a cultural and diet revolution. We talk of 'Ozempic face' (a gaunt look that users get, see also Sharon Osbourne ); the internet is full of memes about the drug; plus it's the topic of conversation around dinner tables and the subject of endless gossip and TV discussions (are they or aren't they, would you, wouldn't you?). Semaglutide has almost single-handedly destroyed the hitherto mighty and highly lucrative diet industry (shares in WeightWatchers have fallen by 80 per cent over the past five years); Conservative leadership contender Robert Jenrick admitted using it 'for a short period of time'; and it's sparked concerns about the return of the waif in the fashion industry, which has, understandably, upset the body-positivity movement.
It's also been the subject of several high-profile clinical trials claiming that, as well as 'curing.
