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Evening Standard
Jane Kirby

Weight-loss jabs mean people need extra holes in their belts – Timpson boss

Around 2.4 million are said to be taking drugs such as Wegovy (PA) - (PA Archive)

Weight-loss jabs like Mounjaro have led to a rise in people needing extra holes in their belts, the chief executive of Timpson has said.

In a message on X, James Timpson said: “You can tell Ozempic and Mounjaro are popular… in our Timpson shops we have seen a 680% increase in the number of free holes in customers belts we’ve been doing this year.”

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