Being overweight is ‘not your fault’ and advances in medical research could see the end. To obesity - an expert explains - video Dailymotion

Weight loss expert Dr Martin Carlsson discusses recent advances in the treatment of obesity.

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00:00Yes, I mean, there are many myths and misconceptions about surrounding obesity and overweight.

00:12But I think one of the biggest myths is that it's your own fault that you are fat or overweight

00:17and that obesity and overweight is due to having a bad character and you are lazy.

00:25That if you just tightened up, you would be able to eat less, exercise more, lose weight

00:29easily.

00:31But that is totally wrong.

00:33We know that obesity and morbid obesity are chronic diseases.

00:37And we have now understood that this disease is due to the brain's diet and hunger centres

00:42not being governed in the normal way in patients living with obesity.

00:47How do weight loss treatments like injections work?

00:50And what sets Jaizen apart from other methods?

00:54I mean, there are many new modern drugs, but some of the more modern drugs like semaglutid

01:04and tirosapatid, they are given in once a week in injections, injection pens, and they

01:12are quite easy to give and the patients manage them themselves.

01:19So they take any injections once a week.

01:23Often due to, sometimes you have side effects, gastrointestinal side effects, a little nausea,

01:32a little obstipation, a little heartburn.

01:37So you increase the dose quite slow, actually.

01:43So and then the body adapts to that.

01:47So often the side effects, they disappear after a month or so.

01:53So very, very few people actually stop the medication.