The British government wants to kill two birds with one stone. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is promoting weight-loss injections to be given for free to overweight unemployed people. The Prime Minister says the injections can help them return to the labor market. At the same time, the health care system could be relieved, Health Minister Wes Streeting emphasizes.
“Our ever-widening trouser waistbands are also placing a significant burden on our healthcare system,” Streeting wrote in the Telegraph newspaper. “The long-term benefits of these drugs could be extremely important to our approach to combating obesity.”
This includes the drug Ozempic. There has been a real hype for a long time about the obesity drug, which is said to have helped Tesla boss Elon Musk and reality star Kim Kardashian lose weight.
Experts warn about risks and side effects
But experts warn that medication is not a quick substitute for a healthy diet and exercise. “Prescription drugs such as ‘weight loss injections’ carry risks and side effects that cannot be ignored.” These include headaches, nausea, diarrhea and exhaustion, warns the Federal Association of German Pharmacists’ Associations. It is still unclear what consequences the medicines may have in the long term, because the medicines are not used long enough. When the medication is stopped, the majority of those affected will regain weight. Therefore, according to current knowledge, they must be taken for decades.
Minister Streeting emphasized that people must take responsibility for a healthy lifestyle. He told Sky News that the products should not be misused as cosmetic drugs for an Instagram-worthy body.
Source: Krone
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