Britain needs more than Ozempic to defeat obesity

Britain needs more than Ozempic to defeat obesity

“Weight-loss jabs could help us finally defeat obesity,” Health Wes Streeting told the Labour Party conference earlier this week. “The wealthy talk about how they’ve transformed their health, their confidence, their quality of life,” he said. “But […] what about the millions who can’t afford them?” The Streeting “war on obesity” subsequently produced headlines: obesity is the enemy, and the new generation of GLP-1 drugs (such as Wegovy and Ozemp…