Industry funded NHS obesity programme raises “significant” conflict of interest concerns
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A new multimillion pound programme to test new obesity services and treatments, funded in part by the weight loss drug manufacturer Eli Lilly, could be seen as “marketing by another name,” public health experts have warned. This month NHS England and the UK government’s science and health departments announced that the new programme, backed by £85m in funding, could see patients access weight management care “through new routes like digital platforms, local community-based access, and pharmacies” as early as summer 2026.1 They said that the care might include wraparound services, digital services, and “potentially, obesity treatments, for eligible patients as clinically appropriate.” The announcement said that although the government will provide £50m of the funding, £35 million in grant funding will come from Lilly, the manufacturer of the popular weight loss drug tirzepatide (Mounjaro). NHS organisations will be able to put forward proposals and apply for a share of this funding. But experts have warned that the investment risks failing to tackle the root causes of obesity and that the funding must be scrutinised. Piotr Ozieranski, a social and policy sciences senior lecturer at the University of Bath, told The BMJ that industry and NHS health initiative co-funding …
    • Alex@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      4 个月前

      Looks like 🙂

      On the actual topic I know a number of people getting injection privately and swearing by the results. There is a pretty aggressive referral campaign as well which considering the monthly cost is going up you can see why people will sing it’s praises.

  • Horse {they/them}English
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    4 个月前

    from what i’ve heard these new weight loss drugs are really good, they should be free for whoever wants to lose weight tbh

    • Zombie@feddit.ukEnglish
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      4 个月前

      Why put in effort educating people on nutrition and healthy eating when we can just pump them with drugs?

      Why put in effort growing nutritious food when we can just feed them the usual slop and then pump them with drugs to make sure they don’t get too plump?

      Who cares that long term this will be detrimental for health, because instead of eating a balanced healthy diet and exercising to stay a healthy weight, we instead allow the eating of shit and no exercise as long as there’s a steady supply of weight loss drugs?

      What could possibly go wrong?