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Thank you. From Wondry, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Tuesday, June 14th.

If you've ever struggled with your weight, you might already know what the Centers for Disease Control have to say about obesity.

It's a complex, chronic disease. More than 40% of people in the U.S. are classified as obese, meaning that they have a body mass index or BMI of more than 30.

And the solution for people who want or need to lose weight has so often been the same.

Go on a diet and get more

exercise. But a growing body of research is finding that the reasons many people struggle to

lose weight can be more complicated than munching on a few extra french fries. Hormones, genetics,

fat tissue disorders, and even sleep patterns may all contribute to weight gain and also make weight loss so darn hard.

Pharmaceutical companies have been studying the disease and a crop of new and seemingly

effective obesity drugs are hitting the market. One of these drugs, semaglutide, a weekly

injectable with the brand name Wigovi, has been approved by the Food and Drug

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