The new generation of safe and effective weight loss drugs seems to have helped boost the US profile of such medications and has fueled interest in nearly half the US adult population.
"A new class of prescription drugs, initially developed to treat, have been garnering an increasing amount of attention due to their ability to act as highly effective weight-loss drugs for overweight or obese adults," write the report’s authors.
For example, the percent interested held nearly steady, at 44%, when told the weight-loss agent in question was an oral pill, but when asked about formulations requiring weekly injections the prevalence of people who had some interest, or were very interested, dropped to 23%.
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