Fat jabs must be used for life, says co-creator scientist

WEIGHT loss jabs are "lifelong treatments" like diabetes and blood pressure medication - and most people who stop taking them will lose the effects, a scientist who developed the drugs says.

- By Hanna Geissler Health Editor

Professor Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, of drugs giant Novo Nordisk, argued against the idea they would lead to over-medicalisation of obesity. The NHS spending watchdog says Wegovy jabs - for weight loss or heart disease - should be prescribed for two years at most. But Prof Knudsen said: "These kinds of medicine