{"id":726107,"date":"2026-01-28T10:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/726107\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:04:20","slug":"hidden-health-issue-facing-people-who-use-weight-loss-jabs-in-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/726107\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden health issue facing people who use weight loss jabs in transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study is urging people to incorporate one vital routine into their medicated weight loss journey<\/p>\n

15:00, 27 Jan 2026Updated 15:07, 27 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

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Weight loss induced by medications works best for fitness with exercise(Image: GETTY)<\/p>\n

Weight loss medications have completely revolutionised the body transformation process, <\/a>making it accessible for countless people. However, a new study found users may be lacking in one specific area after their weight loss journey <\/a>and urged them to incorporate a simple change into their routine.<\/a><\/p>\n

Published in the Sports Medicine journal,<\/a> researchers found that while GLP-1 RA drugs may help you lose weight, <\/a>it doesn\u2019t do much at all for your physical fitness or mobility. As a result, some people may be shedding pounds but still struggling to walk or even climb stairs.<\/p>\n

The study found that introducing an exercise routine while on your medicated weight loss journey had a number of health benefits. Including improving physical function, mobility and cardiorespiratory systems.<\/p>\n

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Exercising alongside the medication offered multiple health benefits(Image: GETTY)<\/p>\n

The scientists concluded: \u201cOne year of weight maintenance with exercise and GLP-1RA combined significantly improved physical functional performance and cardiorespiratory fitness. The benefits were driven by exercise, and GLP-1RA alone did not improve these physical fitness constructs.<\/p>\n

“Absolute muscle strength was preserved after GLP-1RA treatments alone and combined with exercise despite weight reduction.\u201d Participants in the study used a structured exercise program that met the World Health Organisation\u2019s physical activity recommendations, getting around 108 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each week for a year.<\/p>\n

The participants were split into three groups: a combined treatment group who had weight loss medications and exercised, those who just exercised with a placebo medication and those who had weight loss medications but didn\u2019t exercise. Around 85% of participants followed this 52-week routine through to its end.<\/p>\n

The researchers found weight loss treatment didn\u2019t reduce exercise participation, as reported by News Medical.<\/a> People in the combined group lost more weight than the people who were only exercising.<\/p>\n

They also found it easier to do intensive everyday tasks like lifting groceries, walking, bending or kneeling and getting dressed.<\/p>\n

At the end of the study, the combined group was \u201csignificantly faster\u201d at the stair-climb test than both of the other groups. Their cardiorespiratory fitness increased by around 10%.<\/p>\n

Even minor increases in exercises, like going from no activity to a little vigorous exercise, could be meaningful for physical fitness and body composition, the researchers concluded. Each additional 10 minutes of weekly exercise was also linked to a faster stair-climb test and better cardiorespiratory function.<\/p>\n

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The study found GLP-1 RAs do not significantly improve physical fitness outcomes without exercise(Image: GETTY)<\/p>\n

The scientists also discovered that muscle strength remained stable across all groups, indicating that weight loss medications may not cause a decline in absolute strength even without exercise routines. Ultimately, the scientists concluded that weight loss medication on its own had no effect on physical fitness.<\/p>\n

They noted: \u201cDespite significant weight loss, pharmacotherapy alone was insufficient to improve physical fitness beyond what was initially achieved through diet-induced weight loss.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new study is urging people to incorporate one vital routine into their medicated weight loss journey 15:00,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[372,105,4326,16,15,734,28797],"class_list":{"0":"post-726107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-diet","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-medication","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-weight-loss","14":"tag-weight-loss-injections"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115972162656916355","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}