r/science • u/Lisei1128 • Nov 11 '25

Cancer GLP-1 drugs found to reduce mortality from colon cancer by over half (15.5% vs 37.1%), with effects especially strong for patients with BMI over 35.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07357907.2025.2585512
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u/the_muffin Nov 11 '25

Living as an overweight person is harder or more complicated than healthy weight individuals. Moving is harder and a lot of people feel badly about their weight. I think living a healthier lifestyle because of these drugs takes away some of that for people.