Diet and Herbal Supplements Do Not Have an Effect On Weight-Loss, Says Study
New studies due to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) this week prove that there is insufficient evidence to link diet and herbal supplements to losing weight Catherine Falls CommercialGetty Images
New studies due to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) this week prove that there is insufficient evidence to link diet and herbal supplements to weight-loss, making the product hard to justify for people looking to lose weight.
Herbal supplements, part of a £29bn industry worldwide, can include green tea, white kidney beans, liquorice root and yerba mate. Just like diet products and weight loss shakes, herbal supplements have a questionable reputation when it comes to losing weight safely.
As waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio are closely associated with chest X-ray severity score, abdominal obesity is considered the key predictive factor of COVID-19 treatment outcome.
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The STEP trials published over the past year have established the efficacy and safety of semaglutide in treating patients with obesity. A new study analysing the effects of this treatment in different age groups presented at this year s European Congress on Obesity (held online, 10-13 May), shows that it has similar effectiveness across different age groups with regard to weight loss (under 40 years, 40-60 years, and 60 years and over).
However when looking at percentage body fat and lean body mass changes, semaglutide was found to to have a more pronounced effect in patients aged under 50 years. The study is by Dr Dror Dicker, Hasharon Hospital-Rabin Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, and colleagues.