Leeds reflects on the growing use of weight-loss drugs

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An estimated 1.5 million people in the UK are using weight-loss drugs. Do you feel they are helpful for those struggling with their weight or do you have concerns about the possible long-term effects?

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00:00I don't know anyone taking the tablets,

00:02but I do know someone who's taken the injection.

00:06They seem to be OK for me.

00:08I mean, me personally, I don't need it.

00:11I know a few people using them.

00:13I don't necessarily agree with them,

00:16because a lot of them, when people first started using them,

00:18it's not for weight loss.

00:20I know, I believe one of them was used for diabetes

00:23or something like that.

00:25So, yeah, I don't necessarily agree with them,

00:27but if that's what makes you happy, it makes you happy, doesn't it?

00:30I know a couple of people that are using them,

00:33and it is giving a positive impact, right?

00:37And people who are using them,

00:40I feel like their mental health is getting better,

00:42and the way that they feel about themselves is improving.

00:46They're probably a good thing for some people,

00:49as long as they're taken properly,

00:51not bought under the counter, as it were.

00:53I'd always say, if you are going to lose weight,

00:56do it the right way, in the sense,

00:57just go to the gym, eat right,

01:00and the way that I'm going to lose weight,

01:02if you want to lose weight by that,

01:02if not the way that they're making

01:07that, you leave weight this way,

01:10and you'll risk the balance and everything

01:13between, when you lose weight,

01:19right, and perhaps take

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