GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs Triggered Effort-Based Stigma in 4 Studies
A 2026 Scientific Reports paper involving 1,205 participants found that people using GLP-1-style weight-loss medication were judged as less effortful, less moral, less competent, less warm, less deserving, and less attractive as cooperation partners after the same 20 kg weight loss described for a diet-and-exercise-only comparator. Research Highlights Same weight loss, harsher judgment: Tissot et …
