A New Year resolution is to lose weight. People could do this in 2024 because of new injectable drugs. The drugs have been effective in helping people shed weight. The drugs.com website said extensive studies of patients using a drug called Wegovy showed that 83 per cent of people lost 5 per cent or more of their weight compared to 31 per cent of those taking a placebo. A cardiologist said obesity drugs "are here to stay".

Industry experts said the new remedies were significant. The journal "Science" said they were medicine's "breakthrough" of 2023. This year could be even better for overweight people. A new drug called Zepbound has helped people lose an average of 20-25 per cent of their weight. An obesity specialist said the new drugs were "amazing, since they address the underlying physiological cause of weight regain".