One in four adults in the UK are obese. Obesity is associated with many health conditions including high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart attacks, stroke and cancer. The financial cost of obesity to the NHS is an estimated £6 billion a year.
In an effort to reduce the burden of obesity on the NHS and cut waiting times, the UK government has announced a £40 million pilot scheme that will explore ways of making the obesity drug Wegovy available to many more patients living in the UK.
