The Promise and Impact of the Next Generation of Weight Loss Drugs | Metaculus

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Neuroscientist Stephan Guyenet writes about and researches eating behavior and health. He is the author of The Hungry Brain and is the founder and director of Red Pen Reviews. Obesity is a burden on individuals and on society, but it has historically been hard to treat. Until recently, weight loss approaches based on diet/lifestyle and drugs struggled to produce safe and sustainable weight loss of greater than 5% of body weight on average. That is changing with the development of highly effective, and apparently safe, new weight loss drugs. Which drugs will make it to patients, when will…

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