Catherine Conlon: Time to adopt commonsense approach to obesity

Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in Ireland and other European countries, writes Catherine Conlon
Catherine Conlon: Time to adopt commonsense approach to obesity

Brazil's national food guidelines don’t dwell on nutrients, calories or weight loss. File picture: iStock

Almost half of adolescents with obesity given a ground-breaking new treatment managed to lose enough weight to drop below the clinical cut-off for obesity, according to new research presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

The treatment, Semaglutide, is sold under the brand name Wegovy in Ireland and is a medication used for long-term weight management. Almost three-quarters (74%) of 12-18 years olds in the study moved down at least one weight category. The average weight loss was 18kg.

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