The UK’s advertising watchdog has told ITV News it will tackle “illegal, unacceptable and unfair” adverts for weight-loss injection.

Watchdog clamps down on illegal ‘skinny jab’ ads targeting ‘vulnerable people’

Concerns have been raised by senior doctors surrounding the misuse of weight-loss pens in the UK, with some patients reporting extreme side effects.

UK medicines watchdog alerted to 18 suspected weight-loss jab deaths

An inquest has heard how a 54-year-old Gwynedd woman died during a gastric sleeve operation in Turkey. Janet Lynne Savage had contacted a travel company after deciding she wanted to lose three stone. Bellis Media.

Janet Lynne Savage had contacted a travel company after deciding she wanted to lose three stone.

Mum died hours after weight loss surgery in Turkey

Doctors have been urged to look out for 'signs of misuse' among patients using weight loss drugs.

Regulator warns about people using weight loss jabs for 'aesthetic' reasons

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said ‘widening waistbands’ were placing a burden on the NHS and leaving people out of work in the long-term.

Unemployed could be given weight loss jabs in trial to get them back to work

The new pill, amycretin, mimics the weight-loss capabilities of Ozempic but is delivered in a pill rather than an injection.

New weight loss pill by makers of Ozempic shows promise in early trial

Multiple studies have found the anti-obesity drug ‘has far-reaching benefits beyond what we initially imagined’.

Weight-loss drug Ozempic 'could slow down ageing'

Ozempic is available on the NHS for people with type 2 diabetes while Wegovy can be prescribed for weight loss via specialist services.

Warning over possible 'explosion' in sale of fake weight loss jabs online

An unlicensed weight loss injection was given to our undercover journalists with no branding or labelling.

Investigation reveals unlicensed weight loss injections being sold in Wales 

Meet the football team trying to lose as much as possible

The balloon, tucked inside a capsule, is swallowed by the patient and filled with water during a 15-minute visit to a doctor.

Non-surgical gastric balloon for weight loss available on NHS for first time

Oprah Winfrey, who turned 70 years old in January, said uses medication as a 'tool to manage not yo-yoing.'

Oprah Winfrey says she uses medication to help her maintain weight

 Serious side effects reported, include hypoglycaemic shock and coma, 

UK issues warning against Ozempic weight-loss pens following hospitalisations

In this special edition of UTV Live we look into the reasons we travel abroad for medical procedures and the risks we take in doing so

The horrors of weight-loss surgery abroad

Using weight-loss jabs such as Ozempic or Wegovy could increase the risk of 'severe gastrointestinal problems', a study has suggested.

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