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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Bryony Gooch

Weight loss jabs can cut sick days in half, new research finds

Weight-loss jabs could cut sick time in half, according to a new study of NHS patients.

A trial carried out by Oviva, who run a weight-loss app, studied 700 NHS patients that use jabs such as Wegovy and found that over six months, a patient’s average time off sick had halved from 2.41 days to 1.18 days per month.

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