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Em média, as pessoas recuperam todo o peso perdido em apenas 18 meses após interromperem a medicação. Isso é quase quatro vezes mais rápido do que o ganho de peso observado após interromper programas de perda de peso baseados em dieta e atividade física. Outras melhorias também desaparecem, com a pressão arterial, o colesterol e os níveis de açúcar no sangue voltando aos valores iniciais.
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As novas injeções para perda de peso funcionam muito bem, mas apenas enquanto você as toma. O efeito rebote é rápido e a relação custo-benefício não é clara.
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The first sighting of Terefe, the endangered Ethiopian wolf, after his release from rehabilitation.
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This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope revisits one of the most iconic regions of the sky, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
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Food security professor Paul Behrens (centre) joined a panel of climate scientists at the national emergency briefing to MPs in London in November 2025.
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Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford