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Obesity has nearly tripled globally since 1975, a first in the history of our species. It contributes to at least 200 known diseases and complications, including strokes and cancer. Now, there’s a way to solve that problem with a slash. New drugs like Ozempic can cause people to lose 5-24% of their body weight. In Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs, Johann Hari offers a nuanced explanation, as an overweight person who takes these medicines himself.

Ozempic works by making food intake infeasible beyond small quantities. A hormone called GLP-1 in the gut and brain was found to affect insulin and blood sugar, and affect feelings of satiety. Drug companies invented ‘agonists’ or copies of this hormone that can last longer in the body.

In 2005, it was approved for use by diabetics. When it turned out that these patients were also losing a lot of weight, the Danish company Novo Nordic funded tests on whether it could be used on obese people. As per the official trial results of semaglutide, those who’d been given the drug lost 15% of their body weight, making it the most successful weight-loss drug in history.

Johann Hari's book is based on a/an _______ analysis.

subjective

objective

spiritual

metaphysical

✅ Correct Option: 1

Option 1 -> The passage states Johann Hari "offers a nuanced explanation, as an overweight person who takes these medicines himself," indicating his analysis is based on personal experience and perspective.

Option 2 -> An objective analysis would be detached and purely factual without personal involvement, which doesn't fit since he takes the medicines himself.

Option 3 -> There is no mention of religious or spiritual elements in his analysis of weight-loss drugs.

Option 4 -> The book deals with practical medical matters, not abstract philosophical concepts beyond physical reality.

Hence, Option 1: subjective -> Johann Hari's book is based on a subjective analysis because he writes from the perspective of someone who personally experiences the effects of these weight-loss drugs. His dual role as both author and user of Ozempic means his analysis incorporates his own feelings, experiences, and personal observations rather than maintaining a purely detached, scientific viewpoint. -> correct

Question 1

According to the passage, the root cause of medical misery is:

Question 3

The word 'nuanced' means____.

Question 4

Ozempic is a wonder drug to lose weight as it______.

Johann Hari's book is based on a/an _______ analysis.

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