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1. alista+ou[view] [source] 2026-01-12 15:00:31
>>giulio+(OP)
I'm confused by the language...

Within six months of starting a GLP-1 medication, households reduce grocery spending by an average of 5.3%.

A household doesn't take Ozempic, a person does. Are they implying that if everybody in the household takes Ozempic, as a group they see a 5% reduction? Or, any one person in the household causes a 5% reduction for the group? The average household in the US is 2.5 people...

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2. nottor+6F3[view] [source] 2026-01-13 14:44:29
>>alista+ou
> Or, any one person in the household causes a 5% reduction for the group?

I'd go for this one. Which means the one person reduces their food intake by at least double the 5%.

Or possibly the other people in the household see them eating less and follow their example...

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3. alista+tJ3[view] [source] 2026-01-13 15:02:59
>>nottor+6F3
Yeah, that's probably correct - it just feels like a really odd way to present the data.

What I'd like to know is your last bit - is one quarter of a household eating 25% less on their own, or does "mom" on Ozempic cause "dad and 2 kids" to eat 5% less individually? The former isn't nearly as interesting to me as the latter...

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