Conversations That Matter: Ozempic And Weight Loss

Ep 466 – Ozempic and Weight Loss

Guest: Dr Devyn Parsons

By Stuart McNish

It has been called a wonder drug for its unintended benefits to anyone wrestling with obesity. Ozempic does for obese people what their bodies can no longer do, that being shed weight. Dr Devyn Parsons, an obesity specialist says, “your body locks onto what it believes is your ideal weight, that being the highest weight of your life, and it doesn’t want to let go.”

In a study published by the American Journal of Public Health, “the odds of returning to normal weight for a man with obesity is one in 210 and for women, one in 124. The odds worsen as weight increases.” Dr Parsons adds, “for those who do lose weight, keeping it off is an even more difficult battle. That’s because your body reprograms itself to believe that your highest weight will ward off starvation.”

I invited obesity specialist Dr Devyon Parsons to join me for a Conversation That Matters about obesity and ozempic.

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