Gavin Grey: UK correspondent on the UK Government giving unemployed people weight-loss jabs to get them back to work
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
October 16, 20245m 9s
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Unemployed people living with obesity in the UK could receive weight-loss jabs to help get them back into work.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced a £280 million investment from pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly to develop new treatments to combat the rising obesity epidemic.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey says illnesses relating to obesity cost the NHS billions every year - with negative outcomes set to impact the economy.
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healthcareweight-loss treatmentpoliticsUK economy