Lauren Driscoll, Author at MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/author/ldriscoll/ Healthcare technology news, life science current events Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:06:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 228111745 GLP-1s Alone Are Not the Answer to America’s Obesity and Chronic Illness Crises https://medcitynews.com/2024/03/glp-1s-alone-are-not-the-answer-to-americas-obesity-and-chronic-illness-crises/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:53:27 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=666924

Obesity/overweight is a significant causal factor in chronic illness and cancer. Weight loss can help people with obesity/overweight avoid and/or manage chronic illness. GLP-1s cause weight loss. So, are GLP-1s the answer to America’s obesity and chronic illness crises? Not if we overlook a key problem at the heart of both challenges: lack of access to nutritious food in the land of plenty.

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