Online weight loss medication in California

Adults in California can start an online weight-loss evaluation without going to an office. Whether you live in a metro such as Los Angeles, San Diego, or San Francisco or in a smaller town, a licensed provider reviews your intake online and decides whether a GLP-1 medication is appropriate. In California, the first review is online.

America's Health Rankings reports adult obesity in California at 29.1%, 6th of 49 states (1st is lowest). California's adult obesity rate was 24.7% in 2014 and is 29.1% in 2024: up 4.4 percentage points. California's adult obesity rate of 29.1% (2024) compares with Arizona 33.3%, Nevada 34.2%, Oregon 33.5% in the states that border it.

Adult diabetes in California is 12.6% (30th of 49 states), and physical inactivity is 20.7% (13th of 49). These describe a whole state, not you. Prolong Health does not promise any result: a licensed provider decides after a medical review whether treatment is appropriate.

California weight and metabolic health, by the numbers

Sources: America's Health Rankings and the CDC. Rank 1 is the lowest rate.

Adult obesity

29.1% (6th of 49 states, 2024)

Adult diabetes

12.6% (30th of 49 states, 2024)

Physical inactivity

20.7% (13th of 49 states, 2024)

Frequent mental distress

14.9% (16th of 49 states, 2024)

Uninsured population

5.9% (16th of 50 states, 2024)

Life expectancy

79.3 years (6th of 51)

• California's adult diabetes rate was 10.3% in 2014 and is 12.6% in 2024: up 2.3 percentage points.
• California's physical inactivity rate was 21.7% in 2014 and is 20.7% in 2024: down 1.0 percentage points.
• California's adult diabetes rate of 12.6% (2024) compares with Arizona 11.5%, Nevada 13.6%, Oregon 12.0% in the states that border it.
• California's physical inactivity rate of 20.7% (2024) compares with Arizona 21.8%, Nevada 23.2%, Oregon 19.0% in the states that border it.
• California's uninsured population rate of 5.9% (2024) compares with Arizona 10.3%, Nevada 11.4%, Oregon 5.2% in the states that border it.
• California's high blood pressure rate of 30.6% (2023) compares with Arizona 33.4%, Nevada 34.0%, Oregon 33.5% in the states that border it.
• California's high cholesterol rate of 37.0% (2023) compares with Arizona 38.7%, Nevada 39.3%, Oregon 34.2% in the states that border it.
• Life expectancy in California is 79.3 years (6th of 51 in the CDC's state life tables), against Arizona 76.7, Nevada 76.4, Oregon 77.7 for its neighbors.

More about care in California

• All Prolong Health programs in California — Every program available in California.
• Medical weight loss: how the program works — How the program works.
• Testosterone therapy in California — Men's health in California.

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