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Letter: On the mystery of wider effects of weight-loss drugs

Published 19 February 2025

From Greg Nuttgens, Porthcawl, Bridgend, UK

Ozempic and Wegovy appear to be good for us in a variety of ways and scientists don’t fully know why. Are they missing a simple answer? These drugs are based on a natural hormone: GLP-1. Could it be that some people produce more of this, and are therefore less likely to become ill from a variety of diseases? Perhaps we should be looking at how levels of GLP-1 vary naturally between people and how this affects their health(1 February, p 16)?

Issue no. 3531 published 22 February 2025

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