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Penn State Survey: 18% of U.S. Adults Report Frequent 'Food Noise,' and Current GLP-1 Users Were More Likely to Say So

In a nationally representative online survey of 1,000 U.S. adults in May 2026, 17.98% said they often or always experience food noise, meaning intrusive thoughts about food, Penn State nutrition researchers Daisuke Hayashi and Travis Masterson reported in Obesity Science and Practice. Frequent food noise was reported by 25.76% of current and 26.78% of former GLP-1 users, compared with 16.30% of non-users; in adjusted analyses, loss of control over eating (odds ratio 5.95) was the strongest predictor, followed by current GLP-1 use (1.60) and female sex (1.47). The study used a single question, and Masterson said the GLP-1 finding "could arise from an awareness issue."

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National Survey: 44% of Drinkers Who Started a GLP-1 Drug Said They Drank Less, Though Few Americans Knew of the Link

In a March-April 2026 RAND American Life Panel survey of 2,009 U.S. adults, 242 had been drinkers when they started a GLP-1 drug, and 44.2% of drinkers said they drank less afterward, rising to 54.1% among those who screened at risk for unhealthy drinking, the Harvard Gazette reported on the JAMA Psychiatry research letter. Only 10% of all respondents had heard the drugs might cut drinking. The authors note the survey relied on self-reports, did not measure how much drinking fell, and cannot show the drugs caused it.