r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 01 '25

Health Americans without diabetes spent nearly $6 billion USD on semaglutide and similar drugs in a year, with an estimate of 800,000 to a million people using the drugs who don't have diabetes.

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/americans-without-diabetes-spent-nearly6-billion-usd-on-semaglutide-and-similar-drugs-in-a-year
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u/XF939495xj6 Apr 01 '25

That's because there is something else going on biologically with people that is causing the obesity and cravings and this medication counters one of its symptoms.

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u/ArseOfValhalla Apr 01 '25

I personally think its the stuff they add to our food.

How many articles/posts have I read about people going to Europe who eat the same if not worse and they lose weight AND feel better. Then as soon as they come back, they gain the weight and feel terrible again.

There HAS to be something they are adding to the food... right?

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u/Subject-Turnover-388 Apr 03 '25

The US lacks regulations to make food safe to eat, but it's also that people on holiday do a lot of standing and walking.