NHS BMI measures ‘don’t work for around 3 million patients’, a health analyst has warned
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NHS BMI measures ‘don’t work for around 3 million patients’, a health analyst has warned
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Millions of people could be denied access to treatments such as weight-loss jabs because of flawed NHS guidance, a major think tank has warned.
About one-fifth of people incorrectly think weight-loss jabs are a lifestyle or cosmetic tool instead of a medical treatment
Patients may eventually access weight-loss jabs at pharmacies in a drive to ‘turn the tide’ on rising obesity, Professor Sir…
Around 29% of the adult population in the UK is obese
The UK has an obesity epidemic, with levels having doubled since the 1990s. Could increasing the rollout of weight-loss drugs…
Some groups are waiting more than a year for crucial exams
Exclusive: 72-year-old who worked for the NHS for 15 years denied operation that would stop her daily pain because her BMI is too…
