Posted on 12/28/2024 3:36:57 AM PST by simpson96
CORONA DEL MAR, Calif. — Is your New Year’s resolution to lose some weight? A new poll finds many people may actually achieve their goals in 2025 — with a little help from their pharmacist. More than a quarter of Americans are planning to turn to GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy to reach their 2025 weight loss goals.
According to researchers with Tebra, who surveyed over 1,000 Americans in November 2024, there’s now a growing acceptance of pharmaceutical interventions for weight management, particularly among younger people.
Specifically, Gen Z is skipping the gym and going straight to the pharmacy, with 37% planning to add these medications to their wellness strategy in the coming year. Women are leading the charge, with 30% intending to use GLP-1 drugs to reach their weight loss goals, compared to 20% of men. On average, women are setting more ambitious weight loss targets, aiming to shed 23 pounds in 2025, while men are looking to lose 19 pounds.
Despite the growing enthusiasm for weight loss shortcuts, the path to accessing these medications remains complicated. Nearly eight in 10 people believe GLP-1 weight loss medications are out of reach for the average person due to their skyrocketing cost. In fact, 64% of those interested in using these medications cite high costs as their main concern, followed by worries about potential side-effects (59%).
For those who have already taken the plunge, the results appear to justify the costs. An overwhelming 86% of current GLP-1 users report that the health risks are worth the results they’re seeing. This satisfaction may explain why 66% of Americans now believe these medications are more effective than traditional weight loss routes like diet and exercise.
Baby boomers show the strongest confidence in these drugs’ effectiveness, with 72% believing they outperform traditional methods, followed by Gen X at 70%, millennials at 64%, and Gen Z at 58%. The gender gap is even more pronounced, with 75% of women believing in the superior effectiveness of GLP-1 medications compared to 53% of men.
Despite the growing trust in popular weight loss drugs, nearly one in four current users are taking these medications without a doctor’s oversight, raising questions about safety and proper usage. This statistic becomes particularly alarming when you consider that 41% of Americans are uncertain about the long-term effectiveness of these drugs, and 39% worry about developing an addiction to them.
The timing of this shift toward pharmaceutical weight loss solutions may not be coincidental. The survey reveals that nearly half (49%) of Americans have previously abandoned their New Year’s resolution wellness goals, with 31% giving up as early as February. This history of frustration with traditional approaches might explain the growing openness to medical shortcuts for weight loss.
Access remains the biggest barrier, however, as 23% of respondents feel excluded from using these medications due to accessibility issues. This challenge, combined with concerns about rising prices and proper medical guidance, suggests that while GLP-1 drugs are reshaping the world of weight loss, Americans are finding just as many problems getting their goals off the ground.
10 years. I’ll say by 2030 we’ll know the real cost of these drugs. GLP-1s are like crack for Big Pharma. A drug that promises WEIGHT LOSS? Of all things? That’s the freaking golden egg-laying goose right there, and they’ve gone ham on it. No one’s asking any questions, because skinny uber alles.
Not skinny uber alles.
A quickie shortcut to skinny uber allies that requires far less work and self-discipline.
To those making that choice...
Good luck with that.
Is this stuff still $1k a month? Still covered by insurance?
Being thin from exercise is profoundly different than being thin from taking a drug.
Absolutely !!
When you ruin your stomach Pharma will have a new fix. A do it yourself colostomy bag installation kit.
Don’t you have the feeling that this misappropriation of a pharmaceutical will turn out just like the poisonous mRNA injections are going down that avenue in a few years? Likely different than young men getting myocarditis to name one of many, yet the obese croaking off from dead fat cells seems probable. It will be interesting to hear what RFK Jr. says about this.
But in the end, instead of being fat, lazy and making poor food choices, they’ll be skinny, lazy and making poor food choices. Not good!
And yes, I know there are people taking these drugs, even on here, because of seemingly unconquerable food addictions. I’m talking about the bulk of these drug users, who don’t suffer the food addictions, who could probably get some of this done just be exercising and making better food choices.
As for the crap food that is produced by our food companies, those corporate scum have some explaining to do!
It makes you eat less.
Have them join the Army...or Marines. They’ll be in the best shape of their lives within 10 weeks of their arrival at the training base.
No way I’d go near this stuff.
I cannot fathoms how people would willingly put this poison in their body. The drug literally paralyzes part of your stomach and I don’t think this is reversed if you stop taking it. Their are life-long consequences to this drug.
Then why do I still see so many overweight young people?
Very interesting topic. Pharma spends millions in advertising to convince you to take the pill or the shot. Politicians get paid too.
MAHA
Big Pharma is making a huge amount of money selling these drugs.
Vampires.
It will take awhile but we will find out the rest of the side effects on the body and society eventually. Then the lawsuits will start, just like the pain killer fiasco.
Other than that, I like her.
Most Gen Z’s that I work with as a Realtor want a condo or maintenance free home. When I bought my 1st house I could hardly wait to do yard work and improve my home myself.
Why do I hear Zager and Evans singing, “Everything you think, do, and say Is in the pill you took today”????
That seems to be the goal - poison our bodies and minds until we’re nothing but automatons to serve the “elite”....
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