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<\/div>\nGet the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email<\/h3>\nGet the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter <\/h3>\nGet the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nActor Christopher Biggins<\/a> has revealed he is using weight loss jabs as he needed to lose weight after having surgery<\/a> on his knee<\/a>.<\/p>\nPorridge star Biggins, 76, said he is taking Mounjaro<\/a>, which is made by Eli Lilly, who have joined forces with the Government in a bid to tackle obesity.<\/p>\nHe told GB News: \u201cI\u2019m on Mounjaro\u2026 and I think it\u2019s good. I mean, I had a new knee put in, and I needed to lose weight because of the pressure on the knee.\u201d<\/p>\n
Biggins also claimed that \u201cthey\u2019re now finding out that this drug<\/a> can cure a lot of other things\u201d and added that \u201cwe don\u2019t know the side effects\u201d of it yet.<\/p>\nWeight loss jabs have been hailed as transformative by health leaders.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nopen image in gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nChristopher Biggins said he needed to lose weight following surgery on his knee (PA Wire)<\/span><\/div>\nThe phased NHS roll-out of Lilly\u2019s weight loss jab Mounjaro<\/a> to patients in England started in June for people with a body mass index (BMI) over 40 and at least four co-morbidities.<\/p>\nOver the next three years, about 240,000 patients are expected to be eligible for the treatment.<\/p>\n
A number of celebrities have used medication, such as Ozempic, in a bid to control their weight, including former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne.<\/p>\n
Wegovy and Ozempic are semaglutide drugs, while Mounjaro is another weight loss treatment called tirzepatide.<\/p>\n
Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nActor Christopher Biggins<\/a> has revealed he is using weight loss jabs as he needed to lose weight after having surgery<\/a> on his knee<\/a>.<\/p>\nPorridge star Biggins, 76, said he is taking Mounjaro<\/a>, which is made by Eli Lilly, who have joined forces with the Government in a bid to tackle obesity.<\/p>\nHe told GB News: \u201cI\u2019m on Mounjaro\u2026 and I think it\u2019s good. I mean, I had a new knee put in, and I needed to lose weight because of the pressure on the knee.\u201d<\/p>\n
Biggins also claimed that \u201cthey\u2019re now finding out that this drug<\/a> can cure a lot of other things\u201d and added that \u201cwe don\u2019t know the side effects\u201d of it yet.<\/p>\nWeight loss jabs have been hailed as transformative by health leaders.<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\nopen image in gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nChristopher Biggins said he needed to lose weight following surgery on his knee (PA Wire)<\/span><\/div>\nThe phased NHS roll-out of Lilly\u2019s weight loss jab Mounjaro<\/a> to patients in England started in June for people with a body mass index (BMI) over 40 and at least four co-morbidities.<\/p>\nOver the next three years, about 240,000 patients are expected to be eligible for the treatment.<\/p>\n
A number of celebrities have used medication, such as Ozempic, in a bid to control their weight, including former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne.<\/p>\n
Wegovy and Ozempic are semaglutide drugs, while Mounjaro is another weight loss treatment called tirzepatide.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nActor Christopher Biggins<\/a> has revealed he is using weight loss jabs as he needed to lose weight after having surgery<\/a> on his knee<\/a>.<\/p>\n Porridge star Biggins, 76, said he is taking Mounjaro<\/a>, which is made by Eli Lilly, who have joined forces with the Government in a bid to tackle obesity.<\/p>\n He told GB News: \u201cI\u2019m on Mounjaro\u2026 and I think it\u2019s good. I mean, I had a new knee put in, and I needed to lose weight because of the pressure on the knee.\u201d<\/p>\n Biggins also claimed that \u201cthey\u2019re now finding out that this drug<\/a> can cure a lot of other things\u201d and added that \u201cwe don\u2019t know the side effects\u201d of it yet.<\/p>\n Weight loss jabs have been hailed as transformative by health leaders.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Christopher Biggins said he needed to lose weight following surgery on his knee (PA Wire)<\/span><\/div>\n The phased NHS roll-out of Lilly\u2019s weight loss jab Mounjaro<\/a> to patients in England started in June for people with a body mass index (BMI) over 40 and at least four co-morbidities.<\/p>\n Over the next three years, about 240,000 patients are expected to be eligible for the treatment.<\/p>\n A number of celebrities have used medication, such as Ozempic, in a bid to control their weight, including former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne.<\/p>\n Wegovy and Ozempic are semaglutide drugs, while Mounjaro is another weight loss treatment called tirzepatide.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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