NHS diabetes drive sees public lose ‘weight of 43 ambulances’
89,604 people have now finished the programme, marking the service as a world first of its kind to have achieved a full national roll-out.
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Snack tax could be ‘more effective’ than sugary drink tax
The news comes after Cancer Research UK found that obesity causes more cases of certain cancers than smoking.
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Novo’s Ozempic beats Lilly’s Trulicity on weight loss
Novo Nordisk has announced new data showing that its once-weekly glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist Ozempic provided greater weight reductions than Eli Lilly’s rival drug Trulicity in adults with type II diabetes.
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Patients on diabetes scheme shed weight of 15 double cheeseburgers
According to NHS England more than half of patients routinely attending sessions offered as part of its diabetes prevention programme have achieved weight losss equivalent to nearly 15 double cheeseburgers.
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Final NHS ‘no’ for obesity pill Mysimba
An appeal to get NHS funding for Mysimba as a means for controlling weight has failed, with cost-regulators publishing final guidelines rejecting the drug.
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