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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Microdosing: how ‘off-label’ use of weight loss jabs is spreading from US to UK

Hand of female nurse holding weight loss injection pen
Demand for the drugs has spawned online companies that have registered with the Care Quality Commission to sell the medications in the UK. Photograph: The Good Brigade/Getty Images

A slim woman standing in a kitchen injects herself in the abdomen. Another jogs. A third kneels on a yoga mat drinking water. The shots are intercut with a doctor telling the viewer: “Usually it’s for people who don’t actually have that much to lose – it’s a bit of a gentler way to get to your target weight.”

The promotional video is from a private clinic in Leicester offering “microdosing”, the latest trend in the weight loss jab revolution.

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