Gizmodo.com May 05, 2026 • 17:45

Ozempic Is Killing Off Weight Loss Surgeries. That’s a Problem - Gizmodo

By Ed Cara

Ozempic Is Killing Off Weight Loss Surgeries. That’s a Problem - Gizmodo

The number of bariatric surgeries performed annually in the U.S. has taken a sharp drop lately, new research shows, coinciding with the rise of GLP-1 therapy.

The growing use of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs has had an outsized, sometimes negative, impact on all sorts of industries, particularly those related to food. Another such casualty, research out to… [+7023 chars]

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