Unassuming city that's become America's Ozempic weight loss epicenter - and it isn't LA or NYC
Daily MailThe Ozempic boom has dominated Hollywood and the world of social media influencers looking to drop a few stubborn pounds. WEIGHT LOSS HOTSPOT: A very unassuming city that's feeling this boom more than anywhere else in America: Bowling Green, Kentucky A NEW WOMAN: Mary Ellis lost 80 pounds on Ozempic APPLE OF HER EYE: Mary's husband has started taking it too. Everyone there seems to be taking one of the medications or knows somebody who is, and more places across the US are poised to become similar ‘Ozempictowns.’ Marie Ellis was not immediately sold on the shots, whose clinical trial results showed that the vast majority of patients lost up to 20 percent of their body weight after about a year of taking them. Until recently, Marie’s daughter-in-law Savanna had been taking Wegovy, a stronger version of Ozempic first approved for weight loss. That financial windfall has trickled down to Bowling Green, where gym business is booming, med spas are cropping up left and right, the local vitamin store is turning major profits on supplements to deal with nausea caused by the drugs, and the restaurant industry hasn’t suffered despite increasing numbers of people with shrinking appetites.