Leeza Kurtz on Obesity in America
Leeza Kurtz
Obesity in America
Claims and stances
Transcript
- 0:00 Yeah, that's a great point.
- 0:01 I think that at first, when you know, all these new Osympic medications started being made available, it didn't actually have a great impact on obesity rates.
- 0:14 But as it's become more accessible and cheaper, the more people are able to access it, and the more obesity declines.
- 0:22 But there will always be an economic barrier there to access to these medications.
- 0:27 Like, yes, it's been made a lot cheaper, but there are some still people who can't afford it, you know, because that's just how the world works.
- 0:36 So I think what we're gonna see in the next couple years is a very, very dramatic gap between economic classes and weights.
- 0:51 I think there will be like a certain cutoff almost of um, you know, income where people will not be able to afford um these Ozympic medications, and I think almost everyone above that socioeconomic barrier will be able who will be able to afford it, will start to be convinced to take it.
- 1:16 You know, there obviously are still some people who are against it for own personal reasons, but we've seen it take over our country by storm.
- 1:24 So I think as it becomes more of a social norm, people who can access it will start to access it, and we will see a very dramatic um almost I guess weight gap.
- 1:38 You know, it's funny, we usually say wage gap, but weight gap between the economic classes, and it'll be interesting to see how that turns out, or if it will to continue to become cheaper and more accessible.
- 1:51 We'll we we'll see.