23-05-2025
EXCLUSIVE Forget needles, fat-jab PILLS are here: How much weight you could lose, how they work and the new side-effects. Special report by ANTONIA HOYLE
A weight-loss injection pen sits in Melanie Hinton's fridge amid the eggs and vegetables she's trying to train her brain to enjoy. She knows Saxenda, the brand she was prescribed, could help shift the fat that has crept on thanks to a double whammy of menopause and biscuit addiction.
And, at 12st 10lb and 5ft, she's desperate for a solution where slimming clubs and willpower have failed.
