Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in the US

Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by phil21 on Monday January 12, 2026 @11:09PM (#46597250)

All that has changed is the environment and lifestyle humans live in, and it's quite obvious discipline and willpower cannot overpower that environment on average.

The change was far too rapid for anything else to be remotely the primary cause.

If you put a past heroin addict locked in a room with unlimited heroin readily available, chances are likely 9 times out of 10 that person is going to partake eventually. Same goes for our food environment and way of life.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by padjo on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @02:26AM (#46598174)

We could stop companies spending billions shoving the heroin down people’s throats with advertising. But I guess selling them more drugs is a better solution.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by pixl97 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @08:14AM (#46600541)

>We could stop companies spending billions

You see, companies have a way of stopping that and it only costs millions. They pay off the politicians and the politicians say that companies have more freedoms than individuals.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by samiv on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:15PM (#46604103)

Health is unfortunately a very poor business.

Sickness and obesity is much better business. Fitness, medical and fast food industry combined are trillions of dollars.

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