1、 2024 International Food Information Council 2025 International Food Information CouncilAmericans Perceptions of Obesity MedicationsJanuary 2025 2024 International Food Information Council 2024 International Food Information CouncilThe International Food Information Council(IFIC)commissioned an onli

2、ne survey among U.S.consumers to measure knowledge,attitudes,and beliefs about prescription drugs for weight loss.One thousand adults ages 18 years and older completed the online survey from October 11-17,2024,and were weighted toensure proportional results.Totals may not equal 100%due to rounding.T

3、he Bayesian confidencelevel for the survey sample(n=1000)is 3.5,whichisroughly equivalent to a margin of error of 3.1 at the95%confidence level.Callouts of statistically significant results are included where appropriate on slides displaying results.Something is statistically significant if the resu

4、lt cannot beattributed to random chance.Statistical significance in thisreport is only compared within each demographicgroup(e.g.age,race,gender,etc.).METHODOLOGY 2024 International Food Information CouncilSUGGESTED CITATION:International Food Information Council(IFIC).IFIC Spotlight Survey:American

5、s Perceptions of Obesity Medications.January 2025.Slightly more than four in ten(42%)of Americans say they are currently trying to lose weight.This finding,from the IFIC Spotlight Survey:Obesity Medications,is consistent with consumer motivations for following specific diets and eating patterns.In t

6、he 2024 IFIC Food&Health Survey,consumers say that weight loss was their second most common motivation underlying their diets/eating patterns.The U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 40.3%of adults,age 20 years and older,have obesitya number that rises to 73.6%when also conside