Their dramatic results have been pitched as a "miracle" fix to weight issues, with Hollywood stars and social media influencers among those touting their benefits.
Others, meanwhile, have questioned whether the drugs can successfully tackle the longer-term health issues facing those with obesity.However, Field said that a forthcoming study, due this summer, could go further in uncovering the cardiovascular benefits of such drugs and therefore their wider-reaching applications.
Weight-loss drugs have become a hot topic as public heath authorities and pharmaceutical companies seek to find solutions to the growing global obesity epidemic."So we all think this should work, but it's a very, very important event so there's certainly a lot of anxiety going into this [study]," she said.