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Spending on drugs to beat obesity soars to £5m a year

The amount of NHS money spent on anti-obesity drugs in Scotland has risen to almost £5m a year to fund a five-fold increase in prescriptions for overweight patients.

The amount of NHS money spent on anti-obesity drugs in Scotland has risen to almost £5m a year to fund a five-fold increase in prescriptions for overweight patients.