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Letter: Not all weight loss is a good thing

Published 15 January 2025

From Penny Jackson, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK

If weight loss were to occur as a side effect of using semaglutide to treat heart disease, that might not always be a good thing. I am talking about for treating older people, who may be severely underweight already. Weight loss wouldn’t be healthy there (11 January, p 19).

Issue no. 3526 published 18 January 2025

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