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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Georgie.
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Neil, I saw you eating a healthy looking salad earlier.
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Is there anything else you do to stay healthy?
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At the moment I am following an exercise routine and I'm eating healthily.
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But I'm not sure if it's having much effect.
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How about you?
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Well, I'm training for a half marathon at the moment,
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so I'm doing a lot of running,
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but I still eat a lot of sugar.
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A sweet treat.
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Diet, exercise and eating in moderation helps some people stay at a healthy weight.
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But with around 65% of British adults estimated to be overweight,
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that doesn't help everyone.
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But this has changed with the recent invention of weight loss drugs.
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Yes, weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Manjaro have been a hot topic this year.
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The drugs are modified versions of natural hormones which make us feel full when released into the body.
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Weight loss drugs are injected into the tummy and replicate this effect,
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but last much longer.
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The idea is that you feel full for longer,
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eat less and lose weight.
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In this episode we'll be hearing more about these drugs helping people lose weight And as usual,
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we'll be learning some useful new words and phrases.
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Plus there's a worksheet and quiz to practice all the vocabulary we'll learn on our website.
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But first I have a question for you, Neil.
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The measurement used by doctors to estimate if someone is at a healthy weight is called BMI.
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But what does BMI stand for?
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Is it a British Medical Index,
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b Body Mass Index or c Body Muscle Index?
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Well, I am 99.9% certain that I know the answer,
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Georgie, so I don't want to spoil it for our listeners.
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So we'll just find out at the end.
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OK then.
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For radio listener Lynne Massey-Davis,
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weight loss drugs have been life-changing.
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Using the drug Manjaro, Lynne lost 20 kilograms in six months and now feels happier than ever about her weight,
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something she discussed with Greg Foote,
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presenter of BBC Radio 4 programme Sliced Bread.
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What's it like to be on it?
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Well, I don't get hungry, so food noise stops.
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And all those scripts about yourself,
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that you're a bad person for eating.
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I feel like that judgment has drifted into the ether.
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And when you say food noise,
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what do you mean by that?
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For me, it was a conflict,
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like I got a devil and an angel on my shoulders.
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The angel said, don't eat that because you shouldn't eat food.
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The devil inside me said,
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oh, but you just want a taste.
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It damaged my self-esteem for a very,
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very long time, probably for the best part of maybe 50 years.
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Weight loss drugs help Lyn reduce food noise,
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a term for intrusive and unwanted thoughts about food.
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In fact, Lyn says her unwanted food noise has gone into the ether,
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meaning it has completely disappeared.
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Before using Monjaro, Lyn felt conflicted about food.
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She says there was an angel on one shoulder
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and a devil on the other – an old idiom which describes having a personal dilemma.
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An imaginary angel, representing Lin's conscience,
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told her what she should do,
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while a devil sat on the other shoulder,
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whispering temptations in her ear.
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Over many years, this inner conflict damaged Lin's self-esteem,
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her belief and confidence in her own abilities.
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Interestingly, weight loss drugs weren't invented to lose weight at all.
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They were originally designed for diabetes,
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a disease caused when somebody's blood sugar levels get too high.
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It was only later that doctors noticed the drug's effect on weight.
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Professor Giles Yeo researches obesity and is also a consultant for companies developing weight loss drugs.
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Here he is talking to BBC Radio 4's Sliced Bread.
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We talked about Ozempic first because that was the first on the market for diabetes.
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And then people began to notice as a side effect that people were losing weight.
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A lot of people with diabetes also have obesity.
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And part of the effects of actually reversing the diabetes is the fact that they lose weight.
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And so doctors began to sort of prescribe them off-label.
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Ozempic was the first drug on the market.
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When something is on the market, it's available for sale.
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A Zempic was designed for diabetes,
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but doctors noticed that patients lost weight as a side effect.
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A side effect is an unexpected secondary effect of a drug or medicine.
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It's usually an undesirable effect,
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although not in this case as it helped people lose weight.
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But could weight loss drugs be too good to be true?
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A public health official in the UK warns
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that the drugs alone are not the solution and that people should be encouraged to have a healthier lifestyle.
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Right Georgie, isn't it time you revealed the answer to your question?
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Yes, I asked about BMI,
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which is the measurement used by doctors to estimate if someone is at a healthy weight.
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But what does BMI stand for?
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Now, Neil, you didn't give me an answer earlier.
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Yes, that's because I was sure the answer is B.
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Body mass index.
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That's correct, well done.
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt,
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starting with food noise – intrusive and unwanted thoughts about food.
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The idiom an angel on one shoulder
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and a devil on the other describes a personal dilemma where someone must choose whether to follow their conscience or not.
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Self-esteem means a belief in your own abilities and value.
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If something disappears into the ether,
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it completely goes away, it vanishes into the air.
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A product which is on the market is available for people to buy.
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And finally, a side effect is an unexpected and usually unwanted secondary effect of a drug or medicine.
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Once again, our six minutes are up,
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but if you're interested in programmes about health,
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we have a health topic page,
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which you can find on our website bbclearningenglish.com.
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See you there soon!
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Goodbye!
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日常交流中常用的五个短语
- stay healthy - 保持健康
- training for a half marathon - 训练半程马拉松
- eat in moderation - 适度饮食
- feel full for longer - 更长时间感到饱腹
- life-changing - 改变生活
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