People Are Sharing The Things They Think Will Be “Inevitable Outcomes” Of GLP-1s Over The Next 20 Years - BuzzFeed

“Obesity will become a disease of poverty.” commentFacebookPinterestLinkby Victoria VouloumanosBuzzFeed Contributor If you've spent any time online lately, you've probably noticed that GLP-1 medications — Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound and the rest — have gone from a niche diabetes treatment to one of the most talked-about drug classes on the planet. And the conversation has moved well past "does it work." People are now asking a bigger question: if a huge chunk of the population ends up on these things, what does the world actually look like in 20 years? { "id": 140883271 } That's exactly what u/Big-Cry-4119 put to the r/Futurology community, and the thread received more than 2,000 comments. The answers mainly split into two camps. Some people zoomed out and made predictions about where all of this is heading — for the economy, beauty standards, the food industry, even geopolitics. Others zoomed all the way in and described what the drugs have done to their own lives, for better and occasionally for worse. We've rounded up the most interesting from both: { "id": 140883272 } The Predictions: Where People Think This Is Headed { "id": 140883257 } 1. "Obesity will become yet another disease of poverty." { "id": 140883236, "buzz_id": 8084186, "index": 3 } Tatsiana Volkava / Getty Images —u/Alexis_J_M Note: Responses have been edited for length/clarity.