Offshore workers turn to weight-loss jabs to meet helicopter weight rules
OEUK says the number of workers over the limit has fallen from about 2,200 to fewer than 250 as new rules approach
Hundreds of offshore workers have been using weight-loss jabs to help meet new maximum weight rules for helicopter flights to offshore platforms covered by UK safety regulations, with the industry body reporting that on one platform 60% of staff had been taking the medications.