The study by the universities was presented at the European Congress on Obesity and showed the degree of weight people are reversing upon stopping their medication.
Although individuals using earlier jabs lost double the amount of weight compared with those using semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide.
16kg on average, these patients put on 9.6 kg within a year, meaning they should expect to regain all 16 kg once more in just over 20 months.
What opinions of the results have experts offered?
Although some might not find this particularly shocking, it could change the way people see the medication and its applications for weight loss.
“These drugs are very effective at helping you lose weight, but when you stop them, weight gain is much faster than [after stopping] diets,” co-author of the study.
