{"id":765880,"date":"2026-06-28T14:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T14:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/765880\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T14:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T14:37:09","slug":"expert-issues-warning-over-weight-loss-jabs-that-everyone-needs-to-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/765880\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert issues warning over weight loss jabs that ‘everyone needs to hear’"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s thought that almost two million people in the UK are using weight loss jabs but that the majority are not getting them through the NHS.<\/p>\n

Originally designed to treat Type-2 diabetes, the self-injectable medicine can belief-changing for the health<\/a> of those with the likes of obesity and heart disease.<\/p>\n

Better known as Mounjaro<\/a>, Wegovy and Saxenda, these injections are approved and licensed in the UK<\/a> to aid weight loss.<\/p>\n

And over recent years, they have become more commonly known about and in circulation. However, there are fears that with them becoming easier to access, the understanding of them isn\u2019t as high, with a range of side effects possible<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An expert recently appeared on This Morning<\/a> where she issued a warning that \u2018everyone needs to hear\u2019.<\/p>\n

Dr Federica Amati is a medical scientist<\/a> and nutritionist who says weight loss jabs are \u2018not magic bullets\u2019 and \u2018don\u2019t work for everybody\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe jabs can be hugely beneficial to people’s health but they carry side effects. (Getty Stock)<\/p>\n

She laid out the well0known, most common side effects of \u2018constipation, reflux, nausea and vomiting\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not life-threatening by any stretch, but they\u2019re not nice to live with,\u201d Federica explained.<\/p>\n

Host Josie Gibson explained she knows friends taking the medicine that has been brilliant because \u2018they\u2019ve lost weight\u2019 but they\u2019ve also now \u2018started losing their hair\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say their nutrition was the best, they don\u2019t look healthy,\u201d she added, as she added side effects like \u2018bad breath\u2019 not being spoken about as much.<\/p>\n

So, Dr Amati doubled-down that the medicines aren\u2019t designed \u2018just for weight loss\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re trying to help people achieve better body composition or improve their blood glucose control,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd increasingly they have an effect on heart health, kidney health. We’re seeing more applications for this. But this is not a lifestyle drug.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s actually a medicine that demands you to improve your lifestyle and your nutrition because otherwise you really run the risk of malnutrition and of having nutrient deficiencies, and of losing muscle mass in the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the nutritionist is \u2018very pro medicine\u2019 as the drugs \u2018really work\u2019, she\u2019s also \u2018very pro-patient\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people who take these medicines need to be screened appropriately,\u201d she continued. \u201cThey need to be prescribed to the right people. It\u2019s not for everybody to take these.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Amati says it\u2019s essential to support people with \u2018lifestyle nutrition\u2019 in order to avoid the unwanted effects like \u2018lean mass loss\u2019 and \u2018micronutrient deficiencies\u2019.<\/p>\n

She advises that \u2018resistance training is critical\u2019 as you \u2018have to use your muscles\u2019 as a fundamental to \u2018maintain healthy bones and healthy muscles\u2019.<\/p>\n

Plus, she adds that it\u2019s important to look at your diet both before you start using the medicine as well as during, so having \u2018more fibre in your diet and a diversity of plants\u2019.<\/p>\n

Then during treatment, focusing on \u2018nutrient density\u2019 like avocados, eggs, oily fish and lentils.<\/p>\n

The LADbible Group has contacted Novo Nordsik, the manufacturers of Wegovy and Saxenda, and Eli Lilly, the manufacturers of Mounjaro, for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s thought that almost two million people in the UK are using weight loss jabs but that the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[64,63,137,994],"class_list":["post-765880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-mounjaro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}