Weight loss jabs not ‘quick fix’ for worklessness, UK health experts warn

Scientists say using the drugs to get people back into work could carry logistical and ethical problems

Weight loss jabs are not a quick fix" and the health secretary's plan to use them to help people get back to work could backfire, experts have warned.

Wes Streeting announced a real-world trial of the medication's impact on worklessness this week, saying that widening waistbands" were placing a burden on the NHS. He suggested that as well as bringing benefits to the health service, the jabs could help people get back into employment.