One in five Britons would use weight-loss drug if free on NHS, poll reveals

Drugs such as semaglutide, sold as Wegovy or Ozempic, are booming in popularity around the world. Photograph: Ida Marie Odgaard/EPA

One in five Britons would use a weight-loss drug if it was free on the NHS, according to polling that also shows one in seven have either taken a jab themselves or know someone who has.

But almost one in four people would not tell others if they were using them, suggesting the growing popularity of weight-loss jabs is accompanied by persistent stigma about them.