Weight-Loss Pill Wegovy Arrives in France
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A new weight-loss pill is now in France. It is called Wegovy. Before, Wegovy was only an injection. Now people can take it as a pill instead.
Wegovy is part of a group of medicines called GLP-1 drugs. These drugs help people feel less hungry. They are called appetite suppressants. Many people use them to lose weight.
More and more people want these drugs. The market for them is growing fast. But doctors also see more side effects. Side effects are bad things a medicine can cause.
A new study looked at French people. It found that almost one in five French people would take a GLP-1 drug to lose weight. Many experts feel worried about this number. They say people should be careful with these medicines.
Vocabulary15 words
- pill
- a small, round medicine you swallow
- injection
- medicine put into the body with a needle
- GLP-1
- a type of medicine that helps control hunger
- appetite suppressants
- medicines that make you feel less hungry
- market
- buying and selling of something, like medicine
- side effects
- bad things a medicine can cause
- obesity
- having too much body weight, in a way that is unhealthy
- study
- research to learn new information
- experts
- people who know a lot about something
- careful
- thinking a lot before doing something
- weight
- how heavy a person or thing is
- medicine
- something you take to feel better or healthier
- demand
- how much people want something
- France
- a country in Europe
- version
- a different form of the same thing
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A new weight-loss _____ is now in France.
It is called _____.
Before, Wegovy was only an _____.
Wegovy is part of a group of medicines called _____ drugs.
These drugs help people feel less _____.
They are called appetite _____.
The _____ for them is growing fast.
But doctors also see more _____ _____.
It found that almost one in five French people would take a GLP-1 drug to lose _____.
Many _____ feel worried about this number.
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