People who stop using weight-loss injections regain the weight they lost in under two years, according to a major new analysis. The study, led by researchers at the University of Oxford and published in the BMJ, reviewed 37 studies involving more than 9,300 participants. It found that people who stopped GLP-1 medications regained weight at an average rate of 0.4kg per month, returning to their original weight within about 1.7 years. This rebound was nearly four times faster than among people following behavioural weight-loss programmes. Researchers stressed that the findings reflect obesity’s chronic nature rather than a failure of the drugs. Benefits to blood pressure and cholesterol were also lost within roughly 1.4 years of stopping treatment. Experts from Diabetes UK and the Obesity Health Alliance said the results highlight the need for long-term support alongside medication. An NHS spokesperson added that weight-loss jabs must be combined with sustained lifestyle and behavioural programmes to maintain benefits over time.
Weight Returns Quickly After Stopping Weight-Loss Jabs, Major Study Finds
By OMN AI
