Japan Obesity Society Warns Against Misuse of Diabetes Drug Mounjaro for Weight Loss
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Mounjaro is a medicine for people with diabetes. Diabetes is a sickness with too much sugar in the blood.
The medicine can also make people lose weight. Some people now use it only to get thin.
News reports say young people and foreign tourists in Japan are using it this way. One person said they used it even when their hair fell out.
A group of doctors is called the Japan Obesity Society. They study obesity. Obesity means having too much body fat.
The society made a statement. A statement is when a group says something important in public.
They said people should not use Mounjaro for fast weight loss. Weight loss means becoming lighter.
They also said people should not use it for very strict diets. A diet is a plan for eating less or different food.
Some people went to the hospital by ambulance after using the drug badly. An ambulance is a car that takes sick people to the hospital fast.
This happened because they lost weight too quickly.
The society wants people to use the medicine safely. They want people to talk to a doctor first.
Vocabulary15 words
- diabetes
- a sickness; too much sugar in the blood
- obesity
- having too much body fat; being very overweight
- statement
- something a group says in public; an official message
- weight loss
- becoming lighter; losing body fat
- diets
- plans for eating less or different food
- ambulance
- a special car that takes sick people to hospital fast
- medicine
- something you take to feel better or get well
- misuse
- using something in a wrong way
- rapid
- very fast
- extreme
- very, very strong; too much
- warning
- telling people about danger before it happens
- tourists
- people who travel to visit other places
- hospital
- a place where doctors help sick people
- safely
- in a way that does not cause harm
- doctor
- a person trained to help sick people
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1. Diabetes 2. People should not use Mounjaro for fast weight loss or strict diets 3. True
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Mounjaro is a medicine for people with _____.
The medicine can also make people lose _____.
Some people now use it only to get _____.
News reports say young people and foreign _____ in Japan are using it this way.
The Japan Obesity Society made a _____.
They said people should not use Mounjaro for fast weight _____.
They also said people should not use it for very strict _____.
Some people went to the hospital by _____ after using the drug badly.
This happened because they lost weight too _____.
The society wants people to use the medicine _____.
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