Weight loss drug a 'game changer' in cutting obesity: study
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The study showed three quarters of those who took the drug lost more than 10 percent of their bodyweight.
The drug works by altering appetite regulation to reduce calorie intake.
The evidence from the trial has been submitted for the regulatory approval of semaglutide.
Scientists on Thursday described a drug which hijacks the body's appetite system as a potential "game changer" in treating obesity after research showed it could cut body weight by up to 20 percent.
The results from the large-scale international trial, which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed more than one third of those who took the drug semaglutide lost over one fifth of their body weight.
