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Weight-loss jabs could halve risk of obesity-related cancers, study finds

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84% Informative

Obesity is associated with 13 different cancers.

Bariatric surgery reduces the risk of cancer by 30-42% .

But weight-loss injections have a bigger protective effect over and above shedding the kilos.

Israel researchers studied 6,000 adults with no prior history of cancer.

Drugs work by mimicking the GLP-1 hormone in the body, which lowers blood sugar levels.

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