{"id":4279,"date":"2021-02-12T07:29:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T07:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=4279"},"modified":"2021-02-12T07:29:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T07:29:52","slug":"scientists-hail-weight-loss-drug-semaglutide-as-game-changer-in-fighting-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/12\/scientists-hail-weight-loss-drug-semaglutide-as-game-changer-in-fighting-obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists hail weight loss drug semaglutide as \u2018game changer\u2019 in fighting obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have described a drug which hijacks the body\u2019s appetite system as a potential \u201cgame changer\u201d in treating obesity after research showed it could cut body weight by up to 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The results from the large-scale international trial, which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed more than one-third of those who took the drug semaglutide lost over one-fifth of their body weight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4281\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scientists-hail-weight-loss-drug-as-game-changer-in-fighting-obesity-RAPIDNEWS-RAPID-NEWS.jpg\" alt=\"Scientists-hail-weight-loss-drug-as-game-changer-in-fighting-obesity-RAPIDNEWS-RAPID-NEWS\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scientists-hail-weight-loss-drug-as-game-changer-in-fighting-obesity-RAPIDNEWS-RAPID-NEWS.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scientists-hail-weight-loss-drug-as-game-changer-in-fighting-obesity-RAPIDNEWS-RAPID-NEWS-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scientists-hail-weight-loss-drug-as-game-changer-in-fighting-obesity-RAPIDNEWS-RAPID-NEWS-1024x684.jpg 1024w, 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