Most people on weight loss drugs are spending less on restaurants and takeout, survey says
www.cnbc.com
The findings add to concerns that GLP-1s could take a bite out of the bottom lines of some of the biggest restaurant companies and packaged food makers.

Given the popularity of these medications, it’s still amazing to me that we don’t see more articles about how it has changed the lives of many people. Nor have I seen much about how traumatic the shortages can be to people who have longed for positive results in their weight loss journey for years, only to have that hope taken away by an inability to obtain their medication.

  • _sideffectEnglish
    71·
    2 years ago

    Why tf are they worrying? Do they own stock?

    • DuamerthraxEnglish
      21·
      2 years ago

      Junk food companies buy more ad space on the networks.

      When was the last time you saw a commercial for tap water?

          • KbobabobEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Isn’t tap water supplied by the city? Was there ever a need for tap water commercials?

            Maybe I’m just having a whoosh moment.

            • DuamerthraxEnglish
              11·
              2 years ago

              That’s the point. Basic, health food doesn’t have the same kind of mega corps pushing it. You don’t see advertisements for a head of lettuce, you see it for candy or fast food burgers, so the news has a bias for pushing junk food.