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It is also hard to predict how people will think about these drugs over the long term, with a recent study by The New Consumer and Coefficient Capital showing that 46% of 1,810 consumers aware of GLP-1 weight loss drugs are extremely or very concerned about their long-term health impact, a figure that rises to 51% among users of such drugs (n-388)