Millions spent on fat-busting pills

By Andrea McCallum

THE NHS is shelling out £4 million a year on fat-busting drugs for the obese, with more than 110,000 prescriptions being written out for the pills last year.

And some of the patients are under the age of 16 – highlighting the country’s obesity problem.

Prescriptions for anti-obesity drugs have risen by almost 36,000 in four years.