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Thursday, Nov 07, 2024

UK Government Proposes Weight-Loss Injections to Combat Obesity and Boost Employment

The UK government plans to offer weight-loss injections to unemployed people struggling with obesity, aiming to help them return to work and reduce the burden on the NHS, which spends 11 billion pounds annually on obesity-related healthcare. Health Minister Wes Streeting supports using medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro, but stresses personal responsibility for healthy living. While Prime Minister Keir Starmer supports these drugs for economic and health benefits, experts call for comprehensive strategies to improve healthy food access in the UK.
The UK government, led by Health Minister Wes Streeting, has proposed offering weight-loss injections to unemployed individuals dealing with obesity as part of an effort to help them re-enter the workforce.

The initiative addresses the economic and health challenges posed by obesity, which costs the NHS 11 billion pounds annually, exceeding expenditures on smoking-related healthcare.

The government plans to use innovative weight-loss medications like Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Lilly's Mounjaro, which have shown promising clinical results.

While these medications could significantly improve personal health and reduce NHS pressures, the plan also emphasizes personal responsibility for healthy living.

Ethical considerations are raised about equitable healthcare access and the capacity of specialist weight management services, which currently treat only 49,000 people annually.

This discussion aligns with a new 279 million pound UK investment from pharmaceutical giant Lilly, a competitor in the obesity treatment market.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed support for the potential economic and public health benefits of such treatments, though experts like Dr. Dolly van Tulleken underscore the need for these efforts to complement measures improving access to healthy food.
Comments

Donald T. Jrump 20 days ago
Yeah. GREAT. Injection for this and that....but NEVER under ANY circumstances, chance your "unhealthy"-lifestlyle, never!
There is a pill and NOW an injection for E-VE-RY-THING. :) :) :) :) :)

The same people that stood voluntarily in line for their 5 or more boosters, will now also buy a Mega-Pack of Orea-flavored BS and then afterwards directly get an injection (best to the brain)....ah..and oc these people support the racist pedo Kamala & co.

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