{"id":756486,"date":"2026-07-11T10:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/756486\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T10:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:17:20","slug":"glp-1-weight-loss-drug-use-triples-as-obesity-declines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/756486\/","title":{"rendered":"GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Use Triples, as Obesity Declines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        A growing number of Americans are turning to GLP-1 drugs to slim down. A new <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/712157\/glp-usage-reaches-new-high.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gallup survey<\/a> finds that 11% of US adults now take medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, or Zepbound for weight loss, more than triple the 3% just two years earlier, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/newsletters\/healthcare\/5957939-glp-1-use-reaches-record-high-as-access-appears-easier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hill<\/a>. About 15% say they&#8217;ve used such meds at some point, a jump of 9 percentage points in the same time period. Awareness has also surged, with 91% now familiar with the drugs, up from 80% in 2024.&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        The rise in use tracks with a modest drop in self-reported obesity, from a peak of 39.9% in 2022 to 36.4% so far this year, while diabetes rates have flattened at about 13.5% over the past few years. Brand-name drugs from companies such as Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly still dominate, accounting for 68% of current use, but cheaper compounded or custom-mixed versions are gaining ground, with about a third of those users having switched from brand-name options, often citing cost or insurance coverage. Compounded GLP-1 drugs aren&#8217;t approved by the Food and Drug Administration, with the agency recently deeming them &#8220;risky for patients,&#8221; notes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zacharyfolk\/2026\/07\/07\/11-of-americans-now-take-glp-1-drugs-as-obesity-rate-declines-poll-finds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forbes<\/a>.&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; A growing number of Americans are turning to GLP-1 drugs to slim down. A new Gallup survey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[985,45697,3436,97,986,249,987,24329,8230,3458,93050],"class_list":["post-756486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-diabetes","tag-gallup","tag-glp-1","tag-health","tag-obesity","tag-ozempic","tag-semaglutide","tag-tirzepatide","tag-wegovy","tag-weight-loss","tag-zepbound"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}