{"id":143612,"date":"2025-09-17T16:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/143612\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:12:18","slug":"scientists-pinpoint-subtle-change-weight-loss-jabs-are-making-to-how-food-tastes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/143612\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists pinpoint subtle change weight loss jabs are making to how food TASTES"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study has revealed weight loss<\/a>\u00a0jabs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro can change the way food tastes.<\/p>\n

Scientists who looked at 411 individuals currently using these jabs found that one in five reported being more sensitive to sugar and salt.<\/p>\n

Of the participants, 69.6 per cent were female, 148 were on Ozempic, 217 were on Wegovy and 46 were taking Mounjaro.<\/p>\n

Treatment duration for each jab varied\u2014Ozempic 43 weeks, Wegovy 40 weeks, and Mounjaro 47 weeks.<\/p>\n

The German researchers found that overall 21 per cent found the food tested tasted sweeter, while 22.6 reported it tasting saltier.<\/p>\n

In particular, 26 per cent of people taking Wegovy reported food tasting saltier than before, compared to 16.2 per cent on Ozempic and 15.2 per cent on Mounjaro.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, increases in tasting sweetness were reported by similar levels of participants across weight loss jabs.<\/p>\n

It was experienced by 21.7 per cent on Mounjaro, 21.6 per cent on Ozempic and 19.4 per cent on Wegovy.<\/p>\n

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A fresh study by German researchers has suggested weight loss jabs can change our taste<\/p>\n

This could be because, lead scientist Othmar Moser of the University of Bayreuth suggested, these drugs also act on taste bud cells and brain regions that process taste and reward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He explained: ‘This means they can subtly change how strong flavours, like sweetness or saltiness are perceived. This, in turn, may affect appetite.’<\/p>\n

They also found over half of participants (58.4 per cent) reported feeling generally less hungry (Ozempic: 61.2 per cent, Mounjaro 56.5 per cent, Wegovy 54.4 per cent).<\/p>\n

Similarly, two-thirds reported increased satiety which is feeling full sooner after eating (Wegovy 66.8 per cent, Mounjaro 63.1 per cent, Ozempic 58.8 per cent).<\/p>\n

A strong reduction in food cravings were reported by 41.3 per cent of Mounjaro users, compared to 34.1 per cent on Wegovy and 29.7 per cent on Ozempic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Interestingly, further analysis revealed a link between changes in taste, hunger, and satiety.<\/p>\n

Those who experienced an increased taste of sweetness were twice as likely to feel full more quickly after eating.<\/p>\n

And they were a whopping 85 per cent more likely to have less cravings and 67 per cent more likely to have lower appetite.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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They also found those who reported food tasted saltier were more than twice as likely to feel fuller sooner after eating.<\/p>\n

When dose, age and sex were taken into account, on average BMI reduced by 17.4 per cent with Ozempic, 17.6 per cent with Wegovy and 15.5 per cent with Mounjaro.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Professor Moser explained: ‘Shifts in taste may affect how satisfying or appealing food feels in the moment, which influences appetite control.’<\/p>\n

However, they didn’t find a link between taste change and body mass index (BMI) reduction\u2014but they suggest this is because it is only one factor in weight loss.<\/p>\n

‘Weight loss depends on many other factors like long-term eating patterns and activity not changes to taste alone,’ he said.<\/p>\n

The researchers also cautioned that the research didn’t prove causation as it was self-reported and not representative of all users.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Professor Moser added: ‘Monitoring patients’ taste changes could provide useful clues about treatment response.’<\/p>\n

According to News Medical Life Sciences, the fresh research was presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes<\/a>\u00a0in Vienna.<\/p>\n

Their findings were also published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.<\/p>\n

It follows a recent<\/a> study which suggested weight loss jabs could be highly affective on children as young as six who are obese or have type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n

Analysis revealed children taking the drugs to treat obesity lost an average of 10lbs and saw their waistlines slim by 3.81cm.<\/p>\n

While it found they significantly improved youngsters’ blood sugar control and weight, they more commonly suffered side effects.<\/p>\n

These included ‘gastrointestinal adverse events’ such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and constipation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new study has revealed weight loss\u00a0jabs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro can change the way food tastes.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[97,59,102,578,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-143612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-ozempic","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}