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GLP-1 (countable and uncountable, plural GLP-1s)

1. (biochemistry) Initialism of glucagon-like peptide-1, an incretin (gastrointestinal hormone).
2. (informal, countable) Ellipsis of GLP-1 RA (“glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist”), a class of drugs used for the medication of diabetes and weight loss.

   Hyponym: semaglutide

   • 2023 October 9, Tressie McMillan Cottom, “Ozempic Can’t Fix What Our Culture Has Broken”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     If GLP-1 drugs only treated diabetes and did not promote weight loss, they would still be medically groundbreaking.

   • 2024 February 29, Edward Helmore, “Oprah Winfrey announces she is stepping down from WeightWatchers”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     An apparent conflict between WeightWatchers, which promotes a non-medical, points-based approach to food intake, and the talkshow host came in December when she told People magazine that she integrated GLP-1 drugs, brands that include Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, into her existing “holistic approach” of “regular exercise and other lifestyle tweaks”.

   • 2025 April 29, Tammy LaGorce, “How Ozempic Is Shaping Weddings”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Some brides say explicitly that they are using GLP-1s, while for others, Ms. Yang, who said she uses Mounjaro herself, has her suspicions.

   • 2025 May 10, “WeightWatchers blames diet drugs and social media for Chapter 11 bankruptcy”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13:

     Its lawyers said it could no longer service a $1.6bn debt load because of an “evolution in consumer preferences and the rapid rise of GLP-1s”, and it was seeking an aggregate valuation of $700mn.

   • 2025 May 15, Jennifer Weiner, “WeightWatchers Got One Thing Very Right”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Those days are gone. WeightWatchers and its commercial diet program peers have struggled to maintain market share in the era of GLP-1s, the class of drugs that includes Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, which give users a much higher chance of success.

   • 2025 August 25, Julie Creswell, “Krispy Kreme Bets on Big-Box Stores to Stay Fresh”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Consumers are also increasingly embracing wellness trends while others are on GLP-1s or medications that curb their desire to snack on sweet or salty foods.

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