An estimated one in eight adults, a staggering 12 percent of the US population, have turned to the ‘fat loss’ jabs in a bid to shift some stubborn pounds.
These GLP-1 drugs work by mimicking a natural hormone which regulates blood sugar levels and makes users feel fuller for longer.
It means users have a reduced need to eat, and as a result can enjoy some significant weight loss.
Although the purpose of the medication is to treat type 2 diabetes, with Ozempic not technically approved by the FDA for weight loss, it hasn’t stopped people including the rich and famous from using them.
British TV presenter and Top Gear star, Clarkson, is apparently one of the latest celebs to have confessed to using the jabs – as he revealed he suffered quite an embarrassing blunder at airport security as a result.
The 65-year-old said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, he had a ‘Mounjaro problem’ he ‘never saw coming.’
« At airports you’re made to remove your belt and then told to stand in the body scanner with your arms in the air, » Clarkson penned.
This is apparently a problem as he said the situation means ‘you can’t hold your trousers up.’
The Clarkson’s Farm documentary maker appeared to joke about having lost a significant amount of weight on the drug, so much so that his trousers no longer fit and, presumably, dropped to the floor when he was scanned at airport security.
His hilarious blunder comes as scientists recently put the top three blockbuster jabs, Mounjaro, semaglutide (in Wegovy and Ozempic) and Saxenda to the test, which ultimately crowned Mounjaro as the best of the bunch.
