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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
Robbie Purves & Jack Thurlow

'Game changer' weight-loss injection now available at Boots

The NHS is prescribing a weight-loss jab to tackle the issue of obesity in what doctors are calling a "game changer."

The jab is intended to suppress a person's appetite with patients now able to access prescriptions at their local pharmacies after Britain was confirmed as the most obese nation in Europe.

More than 35 million people in the UK are either overweight or obese, according to official figures, and an NHS report found more than 60 percent of adults in England are at risk of developing chronic health problems

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