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Prescriptions for weight loss drugs are skyrocketing, especially among young women. Experts think they know why.

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Between 2020 and 2023 , the number of prescriptions for GLP-1 medications written each month for women ages 18 to 25 spiked by more than 650% .

Young women like Haley Sipes have been fueling the popularity of treatments such as Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound .

Experts say obesity rates simply don’t explain the gap between women and men taking the drugs.

By September of 2024 , one in 10 prescriptions written for adults was for a GLP-1 .

PCOS affects 7-10% of women between 18 and 44 in the U.S. Excess body weight can be both a risk factor and a result of the condition.

The medications also seem to turn down the volume of “food noise” about eating.

I’m walking around thinking, Is this how other people feel normally?’” says Sipes. “It’s very liberating. It’s freedom.”.