James Murray, exchequer secretary to the treasury, says weight loss jabs are an “important tool” as the government announces plans to give the jabs to unemployed people living with obesity to help them get them back into work.
Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Well I think the weight loss jabs sit within a wider context of how we need to tackle obesity
00:05in this country. Obviously we need to make sure that people have healthier lifestyles,
00:08we need to make sure children in particular know how to eat healthily so that they don't
00:13become overweight or obese in the first place. But I think having these weight loss jabs
00:17is an important tool in the overall approach to making people healthier and getting people
00:22back into work, which is obviously good for those individuals affected and also good for
00:26the economy. This is a trial which we're beginning now and this will see what the impacts of
00:31having the wide availability of these jabs are. But I think it's an important tool to
00:36have in the overall kit when people are approaching the issue of obesity alongside better lifestyles,
00:41healthier eating and so on.