Weight loss

How do weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro and Wegovy work?

Wegovy and Mounjaro are available to certain patients on the NHS, and can also be bought privately.

The Evidence. Weight loss jabs: A medical game changer? Audio, 50 minutes
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BBC World Service
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Liverpool
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7 days ago
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BBC InDepth
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29 September
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1946
How have weight loss drugs influenced diet culture?
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UK
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20 September
They shed pounds with weight-loss jabs - but then came the loose skin
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Health
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20 September
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Guernsey
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19 September
Severe inequality in London for weight loss drugs
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London
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16 September
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Health
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10 September
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Business
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10 September
How do weight-loss drugs actually work? Video, 00:01:35
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Scotland
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4 September
Gran competes as bodybuilder after losing weight
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Suffolk
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4 September
'Mounjaro helps me save money despite price hike'
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Hereford & Worcester
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2 September
'Please keep the scheme that helped me lose 9st'
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Lincolnshire
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2 September
'Weight loss jabs gave me my life back'
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Nottinghamshire
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1 September
Intermittent fasting: benefits or risks? Study raises questions about heart health
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World
Posted
31 August
'Slimming jabs have changed the way we do things' Video, 00:00:49
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Wales
Posted
30 August
Are weight-loss jabs reshaping the wedding dress industry?
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Wales
Posted
30 August
Pharmacy worker stole 40 boxes of weight-loss jabs
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England
Posted
29 August
How do weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro and Wegovy work?
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Health
Posted
29 August
Price of Mounjaro to be discounted in UK pharmacies
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Health
Posted
28 August
Patients struggle to get weight loss drug ahead of price rise
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Health
Posted
27 August
Mounjaro price inequality in full play - doctor
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UK
Posted
27 August
Bullied boy's confidence 'gone up' after weight loss
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Coventry & Warwickshire
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26 August
'I shed 11 stone to make sure I was ready for any emergency'
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South Yorkshire
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24 August