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Poll reveals the amount of Brits who would take weight-loss jabs for free on NHS (www.independent.co.uk)

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A surprise amount of Brits say they would take anti-obesity drugs if they were given to them for free on the NHS.

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist are a family of medications that help manage blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes, but have also been found to help obese people lose weight.

The drugs include Mounjaro, also known as tirzepatide, and semaglutide, which is sold under the brand names Wegovy, Ozempic and Rybelsus.

The survey of 1,078 adults, carried out by Ipsos, found 24% of people would use weight-loss jabs if they were provided for free by the health service.

When asked about their own body image, four in 10 told the survey they think they are overweight or obese.

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[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The trick is to fit exercise into a routine. Work + sleep + family + study can add up to all of the available hours. Subsidised gym won't help with that.

Eating well: that also takes time. And planning. This is where we should be focusing our attention if we want to improve our country's health. Not weight loss jabs and not subsidising gyms.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The trick is to fit exercise into a routine.

That's not true, again he said literally the opposite - routinely exercising makes you lose less weight, not more. If anything this would suggest that exercising at random would probably make you lose weight more, just as an unfit person taking a run gets more tired faster than someone who does it every day.

Please actually read what the comment you're replying to says.

Exercise does not make you lose weight, only eating less does, and the reason some people eat more is because they are genetically more hungry, these meds fix this, it's that simple.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I think I must have hit reply on the wrong comment. I'm sorry it seems to have upset you so much.