Prof Alexander Miras: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- obesity expert at Ulster University
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention, Diabetes
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“If the drug does not reduce hunger and food intake for someone, it is just not going to work.”
What Prof Alexander Miras has said
“This means that [people] may be less able to lift heavy weights, for example, or walk up a hill. This new medication may help reduce the effects of GLP-1-based drugs on muscle strength and therefore improve functionality even further compared to someone not on the new medication who is just taking tirzepatide.”
obesity expert at Ulster University · Diabetes · 27 Aug 2026 · Muscle growth drug ‘could reduce loss of lean tissue’ when using slimming jabs ↗
Where Prof Alexander Miras has been quoted
- Cravings ‘like heroin withdrawal’: what happens when weight-loss drugs don’t work?theguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
- Muscle growth drug ‘could reduce loss of lean tissue’ when using slimming jabstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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