3 h. ago Want to slim down? This French technique could be the key to weight loss

Could this be an alternative to weight loss jabs?

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5 h. ago Weight loss jabs could work on children as young as six, study suggests

The drugs could "significantly improve" weight loss in children but could also come with some serious consequences

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16 h. ago Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro can change the way food tastes, study shows

Study reveals weight loss jabs act upon the brain to change the way food tastes - and names which one is most likely to make your food taste saltier or sweeter

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24 h. ago Weight loss jabs could be highly effective in obese children as young as six years old

The drugs significantly improved the youngsters' blood sugar control and weight but those using them suffered common side-effects.

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24 h. ago Weight loss jabs could be effective on children as young as six, study suggests

The report did warn that stomach problems are more common among youngsters taking the drugs.

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27 h. ago The 'fat jab side effects' you should NEVER dismiss... they could be sign of deadly cancer

The risks of 'miracle' weight loss jabs have been laid bare after a mother was devastatingly diagnosed with an aggressive cancer , masked by fat jab side-effects.

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41 h. ago Wegovy jabs at a higher dose help people lose a quarter of their body weight

A new study suggests higher doses of popular weight loss jabs are ‘safe’ and could be offered soon to help people shed more pounds

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55 h. ago Urgent warning over illegal weight loss jabs ‘not approved for humans’ offered for sale on TikTok

Exclusive: TikTok sellers purporting to sell the ‘Triple G’ of weight loss jabs have had their accounts pulled after The Independent exposed them to the social media giant

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4 d. ago Can you REALLY lose weight on Mounjaro and avoid loose skin? We asked the experts

Those using weight-loss jabs may be more likely to develop loose skin, experts have said.

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5 d. ago Super slimming mum urges people to ditch weight loss jabs after losing 4 stone naturally

Sandie Simms says losing the weight naturally is better as she has kept it off herself after the super slimmer gave up weigh loss injections to join Slimming World

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6 d. ago Thousands at risk of invalidating travel insurance by using weight

About one-fifth of people incorrectly think weight-loss jabs are a lifestyle or cosmetic tool instead of a medical treatment

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6 d. ago Weight loss jab patients urged to avoid 'risky' move after Mounjaro change

A medical expert has warned users of Mounjaro that an increasingly popular way to use the jab could pose a serious risk to health despite it making their medication go further

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6 d. ago Mounjaro will NOT reduce in price when new KwikPens are launched... despite them containing less medicine

Mounjaro users hoping that the cost of their monthly weight loss jab will be reduced when drug bosses release new 'smaller' pens are in for disappointment.

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7 d. ago Prue Leith makes jabs at weight loss injections and says she slims down during Bake Off

Bake Off is back and judge Prue Leith has revealed the strict regimen she keeps to during the baking show and says weight loss jabs 'take the joy out of life'

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9 d. ago MP loses eight stone on Mounjaro but fears price hike will stop others benefiting

The MP for Neath and Swansea East fears the drug’s price rise will exclude others from using Mounjaro

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1 week ago Thousands in England unable to access weight loss jabs via GP, figures reveal

Doctors say NHS rollout not fit for purpose with fewer than half of commissioning bodies prescribing MounjaroThousands of patients in England are unable to access weight loss jabs via their GP, figures reveal, as doctors warn that the NHS rollout is “not fit for purpose”.Family doctors got the green light to prescribe the drugs for the first time in June. About 220,000 people with “greatest need” were set to receive Mounjaro, also known as tirzepatide and made by Eli Lilly, on the NHS over the next three years. Continue reading...

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1 week ago NHS rollout of weight loss jabs 'not fit for purpose' amid 'postcode lottery'

The NHS rollout of Mounjaro started in June but an investigation by the British Medical Journal suggests the jabs are being rationed

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1 week ago Both Mounjaro and Wegovy failed me and now I'm using this black market 'Godzilla' jab to shed the pounds. I know the risks... but the weight loss is staggering and it's cheaper than the rest

Users on the drug, stronger than anything else on the market, promise it shifts weight in a way semaglutide and Mounjaro can't. But it is still in clinical trials.

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1 week ago Forget weight loss! Ozempic could help drug addicts: Miracle jabs can slash cocaine use by a quarter, world first research finds

Semaglutide-the powerful ingredient behind Wegovy and Ozempic-has long been hailed a monumental breakthrough in the war on obesity.

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1 week ago I have lost 21kg on Mounjaro, dropping from a size 18 to a size 10 in just six months... but now I fear coming off it will trigger the debilitating condition that's haunted my life

Scrolling through her online application for weight-loss jabs, Lauren Malone came to the section she had dreaded: Have you ever been diagnosed with an eating disorder?

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