Across the Red Line: Should Obesity Be Classed as a Disease?

Across the UK, the numbers of those seriously overweight been steadily increasing, with the latest Health Survey for England reporting that 60 per cent of the working age population are now classed as overweight or obese. Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are being used to help people lose weight, but are they too expensive to fund on the NHS for something that many see as a self-inflicted problem? Anne McElvoy and conflict resolution expert Louisa Weinstein join oncologist Karol Sikora and campaigner Sarah Le Brocq to discuss their different ideas about obesity and how it might be treated