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New Labour government suggested weight-loss drugs could be a tool to help obese people off benefits and back into work.
Wegovy can help people lose around 15% of their starting body weight before the benefits plateau.
Semaglutide mimics a hormone released when we eat and tricks the brain into thinking we are full, dialling down our appetite so that we eat less.
In England , there have been official obesity strategies 14 of them across three decades .
They included five-a-day campaigns to promote eating fruit and veg, food labelling to highlight calorie content.
But none of these measures have sufficiently altered the national diet to turn the tide on obesity.
Weight-loss drugs may even be the event that triggers the change in our meals.
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