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Are we on the verge of a weight-loss revolution?

Are we on the verge of a weight-loss revolution?

Update: 2024-03-05
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Are we on the verge of a weight-loss revolution?

Are weight-loss jabs the answer to Britain’s obesity crisis? Should we be doing more to tackle the root causes?

Joanna Bale talks to Helen, who found Ozempic ‘life-changing’, Clinical Psychologist Sarah Appleton, and LSE’s Nikki Sullivan & Paul Frijters.

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The relationship between obesity and self-esteem: longitudinal evidence from Australian adults by Sophie Byth, Paul Frijters and Tony Beatton:

https://academic.oup.com/ooec/article/doi/10.1093/ooec/odac009/6751730?login=true
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Are we on the verge of a weight-loss revolution?

Are we on the verge of a weight-loss revolution?

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