More and more people are taking the weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy.

越来越多的人正在服用减肥药Ozempic和Wegovy。

It is the latest business deal in the market for prescription weight loss drugs.

这是减肥处方药市场上最新的一笔商业交易。

Lauren is here to talk about what we're learning about weight loss drugs and addiction.

Lauren 来到这里，来聊聊我们会学到关于减肥药和成瘾性的什么知识。

She said many doctors have similar stories, as the weight loss drugs have become more common.

她说，随着减肥药变得越来越普遍，许多医生都有类似的故事。

That is because the weight loss drugs cause people to hold food in their stomachs longer than usual.

这是因为减肥药会导致胃里储存食物的时间比平时更长。

For example, famous people have supported the use of the diabetes drug Ozempic as a weight loss drug.

例如，名人支持使用糖尿病治疗药物Ozempic用作减肥药。

However, the doctors say those guidelines may need to be changed for patients who are using the weight loss drugs.

然而，医生们表示，对于正在服用减肥药的患者，这些指南可能需要改变。

Yeah, so connection between these weight loss drugs and addiction has been an ongoing question for researchers for quite some time.

好的。减肥药和成瘾性之间的联系一直是困扰研究者的问题。

According to its research, nearly 6 million prescriptions for the weight loss drugs were written in the first five months of 2023.

根据该公司的研究，在2023年的前五个月，有近600万张减肥药处方被开出。

So you can read more about the ongoing clinical trials on weight loss drugs and addiction in Sara's article at scientificamerican. com.

大家可以到我们官网读到 Sara 的文章，更多了解正在进行的减肥药和成瘾性临床试验。

Findings of a late stage trial for Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug came out yesterday.

诺和诺德减肥药的后期试验结果昨天公布。

Given how high that is, what's the demand for these weight loss drugs?

鉴于这个数字有多高， 对这些减肥药物的需求是什么？

Plus, the FT's Jamie Smyth explains the craze behind new weight loss drugs.

另外， 英国《金融时报》的杰米·史密斯 (Jamie Smyth) 解释了新型减肥药背后的热潮。

Now, that's a really important finding as it provides statistical evidence that these weight loss drugs have major health benefits.

现在，这是一个非常重要的发现， 因为它提供了统计证据， 表明这些减肥药物具有重大的健康益处。

So this new generation of weight loss drugs are made by the Danish company Novo Nordisk and US drugmaker Eli Lilly.

所以这种新一代减肥药是由丹麦诺和诺德公司和美国制药商礼来公司生产的。

There's really very strong demand for these treatments and so much so that, you know, there are shortages of both Novo's and Lilly's weight loss drugs at the minute.

对这些治疗方法的需求确实非常强劲，以至于目前诺和和礼来的减肥药都出现短缺。