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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shaheena Uddin

Weight-loss jabs alone are ‘the wrong answer’ to obesity crisis, Chris Whitty says

Weight-loss jabs alone are not enough to solve the UK’s worsening obesity crisis, the government’s chief medical adviser has said.

Professor Chris Whitty critiqued reliance on GLP-1 drugs and instead suggested curbing junk food advertising and making food healthier.

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