ITIF：2025年为更健康未来的一次机会：GLP-1s的变革潜力报告（英文版）

Obesity costs the United States more than $400 billion annually, including $173 billion in health-care expenditures, as well as significant losses in productivity, wages, and economic output.  The indirect costs of obesity ripple across multiple sectors—including transportation, food, infrastructure, and emergency services—further compounding its overall economic burden.  Prior efforts to reduce the obesity crisis through advice about dieting and exercise have failed.  GLP-1 therapies deli