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: used to treat obesity
anti-obesity drugs
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: designed or intended to prevent obesity or reduce the incidence of obesity
anti-obesity campaigns/programs
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An outspoken critic of popular anti-obesity drugs, Kennedy seems to have tempered his views on the topic.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Expanding Medicare and Medicaid to cover anti-obesity medications could raise a few concerns, from a potential strain on health care budgets and overly medicalized obesity treatment, overshadowing lifestyle interventions like diet and exercise.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Hollie Adams | Reuters In late November, the Biden administration proposed extending coverage of breakthrough anti-obesity drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound to Medicaid and Medicare patients.
—Bertha Coombs, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Some analysts estimate that anti-obesity medications could grow into a $100 billion industry by the end of the decade.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Expanding Medicare and Medicaid to cover anti-obesity medications could raise a few concerns, from a potential strain on health care budgets and overly medicalized obesity treatment, overshadowing lifestyle interventions like diet and exercise.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Hollie Adams | Reuters In late November, the Biden administration proposed extending coverage of breakthrough anti-obesity drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound to Medicaid and Medicare patients.
—Bertha Coombs, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Some analysts estimate that anti-obesity medications could grow into a $100 billion industry by the end of the decade.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
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anti-obesity
adjective
an·ti-obe·si·ty
-ō-ˈbē-sət-ē 
: used to treat obesity : promoting the loss of excessive bodily fat
… anti-obesity drugs may inhibit energy intake, inhibit fat absorption, enhance energy expenditure or stimulate fat mobilization.—John Worobey, in Nutrition & Behavior: A Multidisciplinary Approach
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