Weight Management Services Can’t Meet Demand, Report Finds

Published on October 16, 2024

Weight management services for obese people are “insufficient,” experts have said after a new report revealed that some individuals seeking support are waiting up to five years. The report follows the government announcement that weight-loss drugs are to be offered to unemployed obese people as part of a pilot scheme run in conjunction with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, which manufactures the Mounjaro jabs. Specialist weight management services are so overstretched that they have closed their waiting lists entirely, according to the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA), a coalition of 60 health charities and medical royal colleges, which produced the report. The organisation is expecting that “unprecedented” demand for the so-called “skinny jabs” will put obesity management services under even more pressure....

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