Dr Michael Mosley has explained why women benefit from weight loss injections far more than men, who typically find it easier to shed weight through traditional dieting techniques. It comes as the NHS will now offer the jabs, but you will need to meet certain criteria to get them.
Writing in his Daily Mail column, Dr Mosley explained men usually lose more weight while dieting because males tend to be more muscular and have higher metabolic rates, meaning they burn more calories while resting than women. However, the health guru has revealed that with weight loss injections the situation is reversed.
He says that women can lose a higher percentage of body weight than men. "One of the first big studies that looked at semaglutide found that the men and women given the drug had, over 66 weeks, lost an impressive 2st 6lb (15.3 kg)." Dr Mosley wrote.
