1
: used to treat obesity
anti-obesity drugs
2
: designed or intended to prevent obesity or reduce the incidence of obesity
anti-obesity campaigns/programs
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Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2025
Fewer standout winners Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly currently dominate the market for weight loss drugs and have a head-start on their competition, having developed the only Food and Drug Administration approved anti-obesity drugs to date.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Two, because semaglutide is now explicitly inside Medicare’s bargaining tent, the political incentive to expand coverage for anti-obesity use has grown—exactly as analysts predicted when Wegovy picked up a heart-risk indication and CMS cracked the door to limited coverage.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
At the time, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid officials estimated the anti-obesity drugs would cost Medicare and Medicaid about $40 billion over a decade.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2025
Fewer standout winners Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly currently dominate the market for weight loss drugs and have a head-start on their competition, having developed the only Food and Drug Administration approved anti-obesity drugs to date.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Two, because semaglutide is now explicitly inside Medicare’s bargaining tent, the political incentive to expand coverage for anti-obesity use has grown—exactly as analysts predicted when Wegovy picked up a heart-risk indication and CMS cracked the door to limited coverage.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
At the time, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid officials estimated the anti-obesity drugs would cost Medicare and Medicaid about $40 billion over a decade.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Anti-obesity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-obesity. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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anti-obesity
adjective
an·ti-obe·si·ty
-ō-ˈbē-sət-ē 
: used to treat obesity : promoting the loss of excessive bodily fat
… anti-obesity drugs may inhibit energy intake, inhibit fat absorption, enhance energy expenditure or stimulate fat mobilization.—John Worobey, in Nutrition & Behavior: A Multidisciplinary Approach
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