Does Ozempic fix obesity?

Ozempic does not cure obesity, but it can cut obesity by a huge number, save a lot of lives and improve millions more. In the SELECT trial of 17,604 overweight people with heart disease, semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic, cut heart attacks, strokes and heart deaths by 20%. The US adult obesity rate already dropped from 40.3% to 36.4% in 2026, the first fall in 50 years, and I forecast 30% by 2030. By 2030, 100 million people worldwide take Ozempic-class drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro. But people do not get obese from 1 cause. Fast food and processed food are a big part of it, and so are mental health problems, stress and overeating. The pill treats the symptom. Stop the drug and the weight comes back, unless you fix the cause. We built an industry to sell the poison and another to sell the antidote, and both bill you monthly. 100 million treated, still 3 billion people overweight or obese by 2030.