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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. HDThor+E01[view] [source] 2026-01-12 17:18:31
>>alista+ou
How can they measure individual grocery spending habits? People buy groceries for their whole household.
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3. alista+UJ3[view] [source] 2026-01-13 15:04:54
>>HDThor+E01
Tracking household size as part of the study.

See my parallel comment... are they reporting 1/4 of a household eats 25% individually (for a 5% reduction across a family of 4). Or, does one person eating 5% less cause the other 3 to also eat 5%... if it's the latter, this potentially has health impacts across people who aren't taking the drug.

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