Are weight loss drugs making only the wealthy healthy?
This Is Why
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🗓️ 9 January 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
More than 500,000 people in the UK are now on the drugs and could lose between 15-20% of their weight in just a few months. But around 95% of all patients using the medication are buying it privately, while the rollout on the NHS remains slow.
On today's Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by our science and medical correspondent Thomas Moore, who has been looking into the incredible success of the drug on the private market, and also speaks to Sarah Le Brocq, who as well as advising the NHS on the cost-effectiveness of weight loss drugs, also uses Mounjaro herself.
Producers: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:02.8 | weight loss drugs could see obesity starting to decline in the country for the first time ever. |
| 1:09.0 | But is it only the wealthier you're actually getting healthier? |
| 1:12.4 | Find out in just a sec. |
| 1:15.2 | Uber drivers. Have you seen your pay go down while your fees to Uber go up? All because of an |
| 1:20.4 | algorithm that reduces your take-home pay, making you work more for less. We believe Uber's |
| 1:26.1 | dynamic pay and upfront pricing is unfair. That's why |
| 1:29.5 | Worker Info Exchange has launched the Dynamic Pay claim to seek compensation for drivers who have lost |
| 1:35.3 | income. If you've driven for Uber at any time since 2020, it's time to stand together. Find out |
| 1:42.0 | more at dynamic pay.org. |
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