I’m giving up constantly trying to drop 10-20 pounds on my own. Working with my cardiologist, I’ve started taking one of the new GLP-1 weight-loss drugs sweeping the country, Zepbound.

Recent research by the Gallup organization found that 11% of Americans are taking one of these GLP-1 drugs. That’s about one of every eight people.

These medications seem to be a classic American response to an intractable problem, obesity. The U.S. obesity rate peaked at 39.9% of all Americans in 2022. Gallup estimates it at 36.4% this year, a drop that’s likely tied to increasing use of these drugs.

Rather than eat less and exercise more, over-weight Americans are taking a pill (or a needle shot) to lose weight. We look for our health answers in pills don’t we?

I personally lost 15 pounds in 2025 because I had a series of illnesses, Covid and the flu among others, that kept me in bed and not eating for two months.

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