“There’s more evidence that the US obesity rate has entered a sustained decline. Recent data released by Epic, an electronic health records company, indicate that the obesity rate has been falling since 2021. The increasing uptake of GLP-1 weight loss drugs is one plausible explanation,” reports The Doomslayer.
The major electronic health records (EHR) software company Epic was convinced to finally provide quarterly updates on obesity and GLP-1 usage for over 100,000,000 (one hundred million) Americans. Now, we can finally resolve a little debate started by The Economist last year: Has America’s obesity rate been declining? The answer? Yes!
Epic has also been generous enough to supply us with quarterly data for 2021 onwards. Adjusting for seasonality in that period [people tend to get fatter at certain times of the year], we can see that the fall is continuing into 2026. This might inform us about the causes. Think about it: if the trend was being driven by a mass die-off from COVID, as some have proposed, for example, then that moment should’ve passed, but the trend is continuing. In fact, every quarter lately is lower than the corresponding one from the previous year….
The population is increasingly using GLP-1RAs. In fact, as of mid-2024, some 1-in-5 Americans had tried them…that number has likely continued to rise, and the EHR-recorded number has now become ~25% for diabetics and ~13% for the obese….GLP-1RAs are capable of wiping out obesity.
“A small clinical trial hints that Ozempic might slow aging. After taking the drug for eight months, participants scored three years “younger” on biological age tests, with the biggest gains in brain and immune health,” reported The Doomslayer.
Ozempic may be helpful not just in fighting obesity and diabetes, but also in slowing the effects of Alzheimer’s disease.
Rapid weight loss has resulted in millions of people replacing their wardrobes. Airlines are expected to save a large amount of money on fuel once passengers slim down. Life insurers will likely save money and fewer will go broke, given the many causes of mortality associated with obesity.
