Overview

• The NHS currently offers prescriptions for weight loss injections such as Saxenda, Wegovy and specialist-administered Mounjaro in England and Wales.
• Pattison warned that limited information about the contents of these “skinny jabs” could pose unknown health risks.
• She described the popularity of injectable weight-loss treatments as a backward step for the body positivity movement.
• Despite her concerns, Pattison stated she would not judge anyone who decides to use weight-loss injections.
• She revealed that her past cycles of extreme calorie counting, exercise obsession and self-critiquing overeating led to anxiety, disordered eating and low self-worth.