# Healthcare's Weight Loss Best Case Scenario Problem Part 2 - GLP-1s

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Podcast: [Weight and Healthcare](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weight-and-healthcare-6448206)
Published: 2026-02-21T18:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/healthcares-weight-loss-best-case-df9
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## Resource

In part 1 we discussed the issues with the decades-long practice of healthcare providers prescribing behavior-based weight loss not based on the evidence (which shows that the vast majority of patients will lose weight short-term and then regain it long-term) but on the belief/hope that every one of their patients will experience the very rare “Best Case Scenario” of significant, sustained weight loss. Today we’re going to talk about how the new GLP-1 weight loss drugs are taking this problem to new lows. Get full access to Weight and Healthcare at weightandhealthcare.substack.com/subscribe

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