Advisory Board February 4, 2025
According to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research (AP-NORC), around half of U.S. adults support using weight-loss drugs for obesity or weight-related conditions, as well as Medicaid and Medicare coverage of these drugs.
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US adults supportive of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss
Currently, CDC data shows that over 100 million U.S. adults are obese, and over 22 million adults are severely obese. Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, and severe obesity is defined as having a BMI of 40 or higher.
For the poll, AP-NORC surveyed 1,147 U.S. adults between Jan. 9 and Jan. 13. Respondents were asked their...