13th May, 2025.
Right at the moment … ?
The Today programme’s Thought for the Day being delivered by Dr Paul Gooder: reminding us that body positivity can have an effect on mental health.
And that our bodies are nothing to be ashamed of.
Which is possibly timely.
And vaguely relevant.
I was at my weight management meeting, yesterday: and found I’d lost some three hundred grams.
About two thirds of a pound, so you know.
That’s all good.
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Talking of which … ?
There’s been trials of weight loss drugs, recently.
A trial has been done, to compare two weight loss drugs: Mounjaro, and Wegovy/Ozempic.
It’s found that Mounjaro — the medication I use to help reduce my weight — is more effective than Wegovy, a variant of the medication I used to use.
And that famously was blighted by shortages.
I think that’s nice to know: whilst concerned it could lead to shortages.
I’m aware of something, though.
I’m aware the study sponsored by Eli Lily: the company that makes Mounjaro.
So, while the reported figures are interesting, I also think those figures are potentially biased.
That they are — effectively — a huge advert.
That the company has put its product on a par with toothpaste, or moisturiser: products whose adverts frequently contain the phrase ‘studies have shown,’ without telling you about those studies.
Frankly?
The reported figures are nice to know …
But I’d be comfier if those studies had been done by independent researchers!
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