Startling new research shows that a weekly injection can help obese people shift a fortune of weight – by turning off their unusually ferocious appetite. It’s led experts to be even more convinced of the idea that obesity is not a result of greed or lack of willpower – but a biological fault that causes extreme hunger. Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine tells of how the injection, called semaglutide, changed her life by curbing her overwhelming desire to eat junk. Meanwhile, obesity campaigner Sarah Le Brocq argues that treating larger Britons as patients with a sickness is the only way to tackle lifestyle-related disease. Yet, Dr Asher Larmie, a GP and fat activist, passionately disagrees. Shockingly, Dr Larmie even doubts the evidence linking obesity to diseases like diabetes.

<p>Startling new research shows that a weekly injection can help obese people shift a fortune of weight – by turning off their unusually ferocious appetite. It’s led experts to be even more convinced of the idea that obesity is not a result of greed or lack of willpower – but a biological fault that causes extreme hunger. Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine tells of how the injection, called semaglutide, changed her life by curbing her overwhelming desire to eat junk. Meanwhile, obesity campaigner Sarah Le Brocq argues that treating larger Britons as patients with a sickness is the only way to tackle lifestyle-related disease. Yet, Dr Asher Larmie, a GP and fat activist, passionately disagrees. Shockingly, Dr Larmie even doubts the evidence linking obesity to diseases like diabetes.</p>

Medical Minefield is a new health podcast where we talk about the ethical dilemmas at the heart of the health stories that matter the most. Join Barney Calman, the Mail on Sunday's health editor and deputy Health Editor Eve Simmons every week for a podcast tackling the big questions in health. 

<p>Medical Minefield is a new health podcast where we talk about the ethical dilemmas at the heart of the health stories that matter the most. Join Barney Calman, the Mail on Sunday's health editor and deputy Health Editor Eve Simmons every week for a podcast tackling the big questions in health.&nbsp;</p>

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