Can diet pills help Britons lose their tag as the fattest in Europe?

According to the Daily Mail today Britons are the most overweight individuals in the European Union. The study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and development found that 1 in four Britons could be facing an early death by being overweight.

So can diet pills help Britain become a slimmer nation? Well there is certainly evidence that slimming aids such as Alli and Zotrim can help dieters lose more weight than just sensible eating and exercise alone.

Changes in modern lifestyles mean that ready meals and eating out are much more affordable than ten or fifteen years ago. Also, many families have a mother and father that both work full-time meaning there is less time available to cook healthy meals.

So could diet pills be the answer? Some GP’s already prescribe weight loss pills to individuals who are dangerously overweight. It would certainly be cheaper than the £32 million pounds a year that is spent on gastric band surgery by the NHS.

Perhaps diet pills could be prescribed as a core part of a weight loss programme for those who are not obese but are perhaps heading that way.

In a society that is always looking for a quick fix perhaps diet pills can help strike a happy medium by providing weight loss assistance which is not as drastic or expensive as gastric band surgery.

If Britain is to lose its title as the fattest nation in Europe then action must be taken so why not diet pills that are proving so effective for the millions that of people in the UK that already take them!