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An excess of belly fat can also lead to hypertension, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular disease

Healthcare providers increasingly recognize that obesity is a complex chronic disease influenced by genetics, hormones, metabolism, lifestyle, environment, and medical conditions

As of January this year, California, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and South Carolina ended Medicaid GLP-1 drug coverage for weight loss, and Michigan started restricting coverage to people classified as morbidly obese, meaning they have a body mass index above 40

Prescription medication is available only if prescribed after an online consultation with a licensed healthcare provider

For me, it wasn't ever an option not to cover it

Mortality and morbidity rates presented here apply on an attained-age basis, that is, they apply to the stated age band for the 20-year calendar period to 2045, and do not follow the cohort as it ages