{"id":46579,"date":"2024-10-20T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/weight-loss-jabs-for-unemployed-not-dystopian-says-wes-streeting\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T09:43:00","slug":"weight-loss-jabs-for-unemployed-not-dystopian-says-wes-streeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=46579","title":{"rendered":"Weight loss jabs for unemployed not dystopian, says Wes Streeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of evidence already that these jabs combined with changes to diet and exercise can help people to reduce their weight but also prevent cardiovascular disease and also diabetes which is game-changing,&#8221; Streeting said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But he cautioned against creating a &#8220;dependency culture&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some injections are already prescribed on the NHS for the treatment of obesity, and also for people with diabetes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer previously told the BBC the jabs would be &#8220;very helpful&#8221; to people who want and need to lose weight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;[The drug is] very important for our NHS, because, yes we need more money for the NHS, but we&#8217;ve also got to think differently&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The NHS&#8217;s latest Health Survey for England shows in 2022, 29% of adults in England were obese and 64% were deemed to be overweight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Illnesses relating to obesity cost the NHS \u00a311bn a year, Streeting said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Obesity has also been linked to the development of type 2 diabetes, with the NHS spending around \u00a310bn a year &#8211; 9% of its budget &#8211; to care for people with diabetes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cgk7l30egjeo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of evidence already that these jabs combined with changes to diet and exercise&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3489,2049,2048,653,3488,2047,877],"class_list":["post-46579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-dystopian","tag-jabs","tag-loss","tag-streeting","tag-unemployed","tag-weight","tag-wes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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