Online weight loss medication in Florida

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

America's Health Rankings reports adult obesity in Florida at 29.6%, 8th of 49 states (1st is lowest). Florida's adult obesity rate was 26.2% in 2014 and is 29.6% in 2024: up 3.4 percentage points. Florida's adult obesity rate of 29.6% (2024) compares with Alabama 38.9%, Georgia 35.4% in the states that border it.

Adult diabetes in Florida is 11.9% (23rd of 49 states), and physical inactivity is 25.0% (40th 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.

Florida weight and metabolic health, by the numbers

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

Adult obesity

29.6% (8th of 49 states, 2024)

Adult diabetes

11.9% (23rd of 49 states, 2024)

Physical inactivity

25.0% (40th of 49 states, 2024)

Frequent mental distress

15.6% (24th of 49 states, 2024)

Uninsured population

10.9% (45th of 50 states, 2024)

Life expectancy

77.9 years (19th of 51)

• Florida's adult diabetes rate was 11.2% in 2014 and is 11.9% in 2024: up 0.7 percentage points.
• Florida's physical inactivity rate was 23.7% in 2014 and is 25.0% in 2024: up 1.3 percentage points.
• Florida's adult diabetes rate of 11.9% (2024) compares with Alabama 15.1%, Georgia 12.8% in the states that border it.
• Florida's physical inactivity rate of 25.0% (2024) compares with Alabama 27.6%, Georgia 23.0% in the states that border it.
• Florida's uninsured population rate of 10.9% (2024) compares with Alabama 8.2%, Georgia 12.0% in the states that border it.
• Florida's high blood pressure rate of 35.9% (2023) compares with Alabama 44.7%, Georgia 35.7% in the states that border it.
• Florida's high cholesterol rate of 39.3% (2023) compares with Alabama 42.3%, Georgia 36.9% in the states that border it.
• Life expectancy in Florida is 77.9 years (19th of 51 in the CDC's state life tables), against Alabama 73.8, Georgia 75.9 for its neighbors.

More about care in Florida

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

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