Obesity, which afflicts about 40 percent of US adults, is more common among low-income residents and Black and Hispanic people than other ethnic and socio-economic groups. But the Globe analysis foun… [+8104 chars]
Mass. residents who take GLP-1 drugs for obesity tend to be white and affluent. But who needs them most? - The Boston Globe
The trends worry health experts, who say the medicines have potential to narrow differences in obesity rates among demographic groups, but may in fact be widening them.
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