Most people on weight loss drugs are spending less on restaurants and takeout, survey says
Most people on weight loss drugs are spending less on restaurants and takeout, survey says
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.
People on weight loss drugs eat less? My god, what else will science discover?!
It's more than just eating less. The drugs change people's relationship with food and it helps them control their impulses. This new class of weight loss drugs really are revolutionary.
The worldwide impact of these new drugs could be kind of amazing. They don't just have you burn more calories or not digest food you eat. They completely change how people think about food. When obesity is an epidemic that causes all kinds of health problems, imagine how much less we'd spend on healthcare if more people were healthier weights.
A good friend of mine is on them. He physically gets sick if he overeats. He has event missed work because he was home vomiting. He learned fast to eat small amounts only. We used to have lunch about once a month. We have not gone out since he started on them.
And that's cool and all, but maybe it would be better to spend the time and money on providing better food options in the first place.
IDK if I'd call food rotting in your stomach because your body just isn't digesting it a revolution.
In this case, not science but an investment firm. Trying to figure out if they should cut investments in restaurants, groceries or both.
It is slightly interesting that people mostly seem to cut eating out and not groceries, rather than it being proportional. That being said, if I'm taking a weight loss drug I'm probably trying to eat at least a little healthier, which probably means less eating out.
They are also stupid expensive. If you're spending 1k a month on medicine, of course you're gonna eat out less.
That's the new dystopian plan for those who can't afford groceries. Take a pill!
73% of Americans are overweight. They'll be just fine if they eat out less.
I'm on Ozempic. I eat way less. Many restaurants offer portion sizes that are far, far too big for a person NOT on weight loss drugs let alone one who is. I often ask for a half or a quarter portion because I don't want to waste the rest of the food. I always say I will pay full price but I don't want all the food. Some restaurants give me a break on the price. Others don't. When you're faced with such huge portions it's just easier to avoid restaurants.
Why is taking home leftovers not an option?
I do when I go to a restaurant close to home. I travel for work and can't take leftovers back to my hotel most of the time. I've found that most restaurants are good about cutting portion sizes and that sometimes when I ask for half because I can't eat a whole portion but offer to pay full price they will give me a break.
People are healthier, so CNBC worries about the profits of junk food corps.
Fast food lobbyists are going to demand ozempic be banned
Big pharma vs big mac.
Mmm, okay. Duh?
No one said it yet?
Water is wet, news at 11
Most takeout and many restaurants aren't healthy, and I would expect many people taking dietary supplements/weight loss pills to be health conscious. And also eat less in general.
Also: The focus the article and study puts on this impacting the corporate food world sickens me.
These drugs aren't giving people the calories they need to live, so it sounds like your business depends on making people unhealthy.
These drugs aren’t giving people the calories they need to live
Of course the drugs don't give people calories. Food does that.
A lot of times the reason restaurant food is so good is because of the ungodly amount of butter they add to it
And piles of salt.
Sometimes, living off of stored calories can improve ones health
These drugs aren’t giving people the calories they need to live
That's what the fat reserves are for.