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Weight loss drugs won’t solve the obesity crisis

5 December 2024

10:01 PM

5 December 2024

10:01 PM

The NHS is about to start doling out ‘the King Kong of weight loss drugs’ to obese patients – the scandal, needless to say, is that not enough people will qualify. The drug, Mounjaro, will be limited to people with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 35 and who have at least one medical condition resulting from their excess weight.

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