The Needle and the Nation: How Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and other GLP-1 drugs are quietly deflating America's wasteline

Some revolutions don’t start with flags or hashtags. They start with a needle. No this isn’t a Danny Boyle reference to Trainspotting , the heroin classic that was cinematic perfection before Ewan McGregor graduated to become Obi-Wan Kenobi. But, America’s latest cultural export isn’t a Marvel sequel or a TikTok trend — it’s a syringe. Across the country, millions of Americans are jabbing themselves once a week with drugs whose names sound like 90s EDM acts — Wegovy, Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound. And for the first time in half a century, a nation that spent billions trying to out-run, out-yoga, and out-cleanse its obesity problem may finally be watching the needle move. According to the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index, America’s adult obesity rate has fallen to 37% in 20