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Serena Williams talked with the public about what helped her feel stronger, healthy and mainly – again, after giving birth.
43 -year -old American tennis star showed that she uses GLP-1 medicine, weight loss injectionWhat helped her lose more than 31 pounds.
“I feel great,” Williams said PEOPLEMAGAZINE. “I feel really good and healthy. I feel like a light physically and slightly mentally. “
Her struggle with weight began after her first daughter, Alexis Olympia, in 2017, which led to changes after childbirth, which she did not know. Later he had a second child, Antira, in 2023.
“I could never reach the weight that I had, no matter what I did, no matter how much I trained,” he explained.
“It was crazy because I have never been in my life in a situation when I worked so hard. I ate so great, and I could never get to where I had to. “
For an athlete, whose career was built in a tireless discipline, this race was especially cruel. “I never took labels in my career, and I always worked very hard. I know what you need to be the best, ”said the 23rd of the Big Slam champion.
“Therefore, it was very disappointing to do the same thing, and I can never change the number in a scale or what my body looked like.”
GLP-1 and its effect on the body
Given by studying new options, Williams turned to Ro-A Health Care Company to support GLP-1. Under the guidance of her doctor, she began to receive injections six months after the birth of the daughter of Antira.
GLP-1, the abbreviation of glucagon-like peptide-1, imitates a natural hormone that helps regulate blood sugar and appetite. Slowing digestion and signaling the fullness in the brain, the drug reduces thin and contributing to weight loss.
Popular brands include Ovorpik and wegovy of novo nordisk and Zepbound and Mounjaro Eli LillyAmong others.
Nevertheless, treatment is not without risk, especially with violence or taken without medical observation. General side effects include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, loss of appetite and dehydration.
The most serious complications may include pancreatic edema, a disease of the gall bladder, which sometimes requires surgical removal, muscle tissue loss, kidney injuries and hypoglycemia, especially in combination with other drugs.
For this reason, doctors note that GLP-1 should only be taken under medical monitoring and is not suitable for everyone.
Williams admits that at first she hesitated. With the ongoing discussion of drug reduction, he fought with the same doubts that others expressed.
Nevertheless, this week she officially announced her cooperation with RO in order to launch a campaign aimed at normalizing GLP-1 and question the idea that their use is a “easy solution”.
Her husband, the co -founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian, also invests in these efforts, since she is an investor and member of the RO board of directors.
GLP-1 medicines in Europe
While the tendency of weight loss with drugs GLP-1 began in the USA, it quickly spread to Europe. Initially, they were prescribed for diabetes, but at present these drugs provide a multi -industry industry to reduce the weight of the euro, led by private demand, an advertising campaign on social networks and regulatory spaces.
Many Europeans pay the entire price (often 1000 euros or more per month) from their pocket for the injection injection GLP-1. For example, in 2024, in 2024, in the Italian private market, GLP-1 drugs exploded an impressive volume of 26 billion euros in the worldwide cost of obesity, more than 2020.
More than 1 billion people around the world live with obesity, and more than 830 million people experience diabetes.
In Europe, more than half of the adult population is overweight, and 17% are clinically obese. The World Federation of Obesity predicts that by 2050, 60% of adults around the world will fall into this category.