Obesity: Drugs and Exercise
Commons · Question 54058 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the prescription of weight loss drugs on the NHS without associated prescriptions of exercise and physical activity on muscl
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 6 Jun 2025
Weight loss drugs, including semaglutide, tirzepatide and liraglutide, are recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as clinically and cost-effective treatment options on the National Health Service for obesity. The guida...