3M Canadian adults taking GLP-1 drugs, reshaping eating and spending, survey suggests

The Canadian Press: “GLP-1s are no longer a niche health topic. They’re a mainstream consumer and health-care story,” Melicent Lavers-Sailly, vice-president of research at Leger Healthcare, said in an interview.

“What the research found is that the impact of GLP-1s is showing up in shopping baskets and behaviours, not just prescriptions.”

In addition to not going to restaurants as often, about 35 per cent of people taking the medications said they order smaller portions than they used to, choose “lighter or healthier options,” or don’t finish their whole meal…