Mounjaro has cured me of these three common life-limiting conditions. I'm healthier now at 60 than I was at 40...
Aged 60, I am one of the fast-growing band of midlife women using 'skinny jabs' even though I'm not obese (I'm 5ft 7in tall, back then weighed 13st and I don't have diabetes.)
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