Roughly 1 in 8 US adults have taken GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, poll shows

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Weather’s role in wildfires in Atlantic Canada | SaltWire #weather #climatechange #wildfireseason - About one in eight adults have taken a drug belonging to the GLP-1 class of medications for weight loss and related conditions, a poll by Kaiser Family Foundation showed on Friday.

Still, affordability remains a challenge. Adults with annual household incomes of $90,000 or greater were more likely than those with lower household incomes to say they have heard “a lot” about these drugs, the poll showed.

 

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