{"id":262145,"date":"2025-06-12T10:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=short-read&p=262145"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:55:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:55:26","slug":"from-weight-loss-drugs-to-raw-milk-americans-hear-more-often-about-some-health-topics-than-others","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/06\/12\/from-weight-loss-drugs-to-raw-milk-americans-hear-more-often-about-some-health-topics-than-others\/","title":{"rendered":"From weight-loss drugs to raw milk, Americans hear more often about some health topics than others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Emerging and trending health topics<\/a> generate a lot of buzz. But there is considerable variation in how much Americans hear about certain health topics that are in the news these days, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About half of U.S. adults (53%) say they hear or read about Ozempic, Wegovy and similar drugs being used for weight loss extremely or very often,<\/strong> whether it\u2019s in the news, on social media or in conversations with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How we did this<\/summary>\n

Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to understand how much Americans hear about eight emerging and trending health topics. We surveyed 5,123 U.S. adults from Feb. 24 to March 2, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We asked these questions in part because exposure to health information can shape people\u2019s attitudes and behaviors<\/a>. Read more about Americans\u2019 exposure to various news and information<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone who took part in the survey is a member of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), a group of people recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses who have agreed to take surveys regularly. This kind of recruitment gives nearly all U.S. adults a chance of selection. Interviews were conducted either online or by telephone with a live interviewer. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the questions used for this analysis<\/a>, the topline<\/a> and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Roughly a third of adults report hearing about other current health topics with the same frequency:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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