• A latest Pew Analysis Middle examine discovered that the majority Individuals don’t suppose that new injectable weight reduction medicine like Ozempic will do a lot to assist weight problems within the U.S. 

• About 42 % of adults within the U.S. are overweight, in keeping with the CDC. 

• 65 % of Individuals don’t suppose willpower alone is sufficient to reduce weight and maintain it off.  

Nearly 70 % of Individuals don’t suppose that new weight reduction medicine like Ozempic and Wegovy could have a lot of an affect on the nation’s weight problems fee, in keeping with a latest Pew Analysis Middle survey.  

The U.S. weight problems fee has climbed over the previous 20 years, with about 42 % of American adults now categorized as overweight, in keeping with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.

Ozempic and Wegovy are a part of a category of medication referred to as GLP-1 agonists that handle blood sugar ranges and suppress urge for food. The Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Ozempic for managing Sort 2 diabetes.  

Wegovy is a weekly injectable drug accepted by the FDA for long-term weight administration. Different comparable medicine are Mounjaro and Zepbound.  

Whereas some have lauded the medicine as a breakthrough in weight problems remedy, most Individuals are skeptical as to how a lot they are going to assist Individuals with severe weight points.

Within the survey, carried out from Feb. 7 to Feb. 11, researchers discovered that 35 % of Individuals suppose the medicine will do one thing to scale back weight problems within the nation, whereas 33 % imagine they won’t do a lot or nothing in any respect.

Simply 16 % of individuals suppose the injections will do an awesome deal or loads to scale back weight problems, and 15 % aren’t certain, in keeping with the survey.

Ozempic and Wegovy’s growth in recognition has began a bigger dialogue within the U.S. about how genetics play a task in how efficiently somebody can reduce weight as a lot as conduct.

The survey additionally discovered that 65 % of Individuals don’t suppose willpower alone is sufficient to lose and maintain weight off.

The margin of sampling error for the survey is plus or minus 1.5 share factors.

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