Online weight loss medication in Georgia

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

America's Health Rankings reports adult obesity in Georgia at 35.4%, 31st of 49 states (1st is lowest). Georgia's adult obesity rate was 30.5% in 2014 and is 35.4% in 2024: up 4.9 percentage points. Georgia's adult obesity rate of 35.4% (2024) compares with Alabama 38.9%, Florida 29.6%, North Carolina 34.5%, South Carolina 34.6% in the states that border it.

Adult diabetes in Georgia is 12.8% (31st of 49 states), and physical inactivity is 23.0% (34th 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.

Georgia weight and metabolic health, by the numbers

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

Adult obesity

35.4% (31st of 49 states, 2024)

Adult diabetes

12.8% (31st of 49 states, 2024)

Physical inactivity

23.0% (34th of 49 states, 2024)

Frequent mental distress

16.1% (31st of 49 states, 2024)

Uninsured population

12.0% (49th of 50 states, 2024)

Life expectancy

75.9 years (36th of 51)

• Georgia's adult diabetes rate was 11.6% in 2014 and is 12.8% in 2024: up 1.2 percentage points.
• Georgia's physical inactivity rate was 23.6% in 2014 and is 23.0% in 2024: down 0.6 percentage points.
• Georgia's adult diabetes rate of 12.8% (2024) compares with Alabama 15.1%, Florida 11.9%, North Carolina 13.2%, South Carolina 13.9% in the states that border it.
• Georgia's physical inactivity rate of 23.0% (2024) compares with Alabama 27.6%, Florida 25.0%, North Carolina 20.2%, South Carolina 21.7% in the states that border it.
• Georgia's uninsured population rate of 12.0% (2024) compares with Alabama 8.2%, Florida 10.9%, North Carolina 8.6%, South Carolina 9.0%, Tennessee 9.7% in the states that border it.
• Georgia's high blood pressure rate of 35.7% (2023) compares with Alabama 44.7%, Florida 35.9%, North Carolina 37.5%, South Carolina 38.9%, Tennessee 40.7% in the states that border it.
• Georgia's high cholesterol rate of 36.9% (2023) compares with Alabama 42.3%, Florida 39.3%, North Carolina 36.3%, South Carolina 39.3%, Tennessee 40.6% in the states that border it.
• Life expectancy in Georgia is 75.9 years (36th of 51 in the CDC's state life tables), against Alabama 73.8, Florida 77.9, North Carolina 75.9, South Carolina 75.1, Tennessee 73.8 for its neighbors.

More about care in Georgia

• All Prolong Health programs in Georgia — Every program available in Georgia.
• Medical weight loss: how the program works — How the program works.

Start your evaluation