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Shrinking waistlines and growing profits: the weight-loss drug boom

Guardian
Summary
Nutrition label

68% Informative

Adverts featuring prescription-only weight-loss medications are splashed across the internet.

Pharmacy2U lists the prices of medications including Wegovy and Mounjaro together with a promotional code entitling customers to 40 off their first four weeks ’ supply.

Daily Chemist is emailing 25 credits for weight loss orders to customers, with a link that takes them directly to prescription medications.

The MHRA said they would assess the adverts to decide if they merited investigation.

VR Score

47

Informative language

34

Neutral language

60

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

70

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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