Are game-changing weight-loss drugs a miracle cure for obesity?

If you’ve waited at a bus stop or browsed social media in the past few months, you may have seen ads for a new weight-loss drug.

But there are concerns here in Australia about the rise in start-ups selling the prescription drug and suggestions that there isn’t enough oversight to know who has access to it.

In this edition of Conversation Hour, we explore why some experts are critical of access and regulation of these drugs, and whether a new pill boom could help tackle Australia’s obesity epidemic.