The US may have hit peak obesity

Photo caption: Wegovy injectable pens. Photo credit: Michael Siluk / Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Article by Neal Freyman. Morning Brew – October 6, 2024.

If the fall in obesity rates is sustained, it would be a public health victory on par with the decline in cigarette smoking.

Thanks to the introduction of weight loss drugs, a decades-long rise in obesity may have been reversed in a few short years. In a public health milestone, the US adult obesity rate stopped its long climb and dropped by roughly two percentage points between 2020 and 2023, […]

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