Weight loss drugs
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Have you signed up to our Learning English newsletter yet? Get weekly updates about our latest programmes, tips for learning and quizzes, all from our BBC Learning English presenters. Follow the link in the notes for this episode to sign up. Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil. And I'm Georgie. Neil, I saw you eating a healthy-looking salad earlier.
What are weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro?
Is there anything else you do to stay healthy? At the moment, I am following an exercise routine and I'm eating healthily. But I'm not sure if it's having much effect. How about you? Well, I'm training for a half marathon at the moment, so I'm doing a lot of running, but I still eat a lot of sugar. A sweet treat. Diet, exercise and eating in moderation help some people stay at a healthy weight. But with around 65% of British adults estimated to be overweight, that doesn't help everyone. But this has changed with the recent invention of weight loss drugs. Yes, weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Manjaro have been a hot topic this year. The drugs are modified versions of natural hormones which make us feel full when released into the body.
Weight loss drugs are injected into the tummy and replicate this effect, but last much longer. The idea is that you feel full for longer, eat less and lose weight. In this episode, we'll be hearing more about these drugs helping people lose weight. And as usual, we'll be learning some useful new words and phrases. Plus, there's a worksheet and quiz to practice all the vocabulary we'll learn on our website. But first, I have a question for you, Neil. The measurement used by doctors to estimate if someone is at a healthy weight is called BMI. But what does BMI stand for? Is it A, British Medical Index, B, Body Mass Index, or C, Body Muscle Index? Well, I am 99.9% certain that I know the answer, Georgie, so I don't want to spoil it for our listeners.
So we'll just find out at the end. OK, then. For radio listener Lynn Massey-Davis, weight loss drugs have been life-changing. Using the drug Manjaro, Lynn lost 20 kilograms in six months and now feels happier than ever about her weight, something she discussed with Greg Foot, presenter of BBC Radio 4 programme Sliced Bread.
What's it like to be on it? Well, I don't get hungry, so food noise stops. And all those scripts about yourself, that you're a bad person for eating, I feel like that judgment has drifted into the ether.
And when you say food noise, what do you mean by that?
For me, it was a conflict, like I got the devil and an angel on my shoulders. The angel said, don't eat that because you shouldn't eat food. The devil inside me said, oh, but you just want a taste. It damaged my self-esteem for a very, very long time, probably for the best part of maybe 50 years.
Weight loss drugs help Lynn reduce food noise, a term for intrusive and unwanted thoughts about food. In fact, Lynn says her unwanted food noise has gone into the ether, meaning it has completely disappeared. Before using Monjaro, Lin felt conflicted about food. She says there was an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other, an old idiom which describes having a personal dilemma. An imaginary angel representing Lin's conscience told her what she should do, while a devil sat on the other shoulder, whispering temptations in her ear. Over many years, this inner conflict damaged Lin's self-esteem, her belief and confidence in her own abilities. Interestingly, weight loss drugs weren't invented to lose weight at all.
They were originally designed for diabetes, a disease caused when somebody's blood sugar levels get too high. It was only later that doctors noticed the drug's effect on weight. Professor Giles Yeo researches obesity and is also a consultant for companies developing weight loss drugs.
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