21-04-2025
How to get a beach body for life: the Oxbridge scientists' guide
An extra few glasses of rosé or a few Easter eggs too many may have stopped your weight-loss goals in their tracks, but don't allow that to cause your motivation to flag. That is the message from Dr Amy Aherne, a researcher in the prevention of obesity at the University of Cambridge Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, and her colleagues, who have spent decades researching the small lifestyle changes that make a difference to our weight.
Even those using appetite-suppressing jabs such as Ozempic and Wegovy need a similar mindset, Aherne says. Such drugs may have helped people to lose up to 20 per cent of their body weight but, she says, they 'are not a silver bullet' in the long term. 'We know
