Weight-loss jabs, such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, have quickly earned a glowing global reputation for shifting the pounds – especially among the rich and famous. So many of the UK's wealthy now get the jabs on private prescription,

Previously, the drugs were able to be prescribed through an email chat, from questionnaires or by people sending in photos of themselves.

Those too slim to be eligible for injections can no longer get prescription without seeing a doctor under new guidance

Online pharmacies will now have to employ stricter checks to stop people who are already a healthy weight or have a history of eating disorders buying weight-loss jabs. They will no longer be able to dispense the medication,