UK obesity rates ‘may start dropping significantly’ this year because of weight loss jabs
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Country may have reached its peak for obesity levels, according to one of biggest online sellers of medications. UK obesity rates may start dropping “significantly” this year because of weight loss jabs, according to one of the biggest online sellers of the medications.
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The country may have reached peak obesity thanks to a projected decline in cases, claimed Simple Online Pharmacy, which has access to wholesale figures. The company – which has supplied the drugs to 200,000 patients who have lost 600 tonnes in total – linked the prediction to the half a million people in the UK currently taking either Mounjaro or Wegovy who are set to lose 15 to 20 per cent of their weight within months.
Chief operating officer Rebecca Moore told Sky News: “Our projections are that around a million people will reverse their obesity in a year. We should be at the point now, we believe, where we're starting to see rates decline. We would not be surprised if by the end of this year we've seen a really significant decline in obesity.”.
Demand for the jabs continues to increase by 10 to 40 per cent each month, said Simple Online Pharmacy, which claims to be supplying 400 people an hour. Ms Moore continued: “The narrative has really shifted in the last few months. People are recognising that obesity is a lifelong chronic condition. They're recognising that this medication is a once-in-a-generation revolutionary technology. People are much more open to it and I expect that next year there will be another huge surge in growth.”.
