Online weight loss medication in North Carolina

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

America's Health Rankings reports adult obesity in North Carolina at 34.5%, 27th of 49 states (1st is lowest). North Carolina's adult obesity rate was 29.7% in 2014 and is 34.5% in 2024: up 4.8 percentage points. North Carolina's adult obesity rate of 34.5% (2024) compares with Georgia 35.4%, South Carolina 34.6%, Virginia 32.3% in the states that border it.

Adult diabetes in North Carolina is 13.2% (35th of 49 states), and physical inactivity is 20.2% (12th 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.

North Carolina weight and metabolic health, by the numbers

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

Adult obesity

34.5% (27th of 49 states, 2024)

Adult diabetes

13.2% (35th of 49 states, 2024)

Physical inactivity

20.2% (12th of 49 states, 2024)

Frequent mental distress

14.7% (15th of 49 states, 2024)

Uninsured population

8.6% (35th of 50 states, 2024)

Life expectancy

75.9 years (37th of 51)

• North Carolina's adult diabetes rate was 10.8% in 2014 and is 13.2% in 2024: up 2.4 percentage points.
• North Carolina's physical inactivity rate was 23.2% in 2014 and is 20.2% in 2024: down 3.0 percentage points.
• North Carolina's adult diabetes rate of 13.2% (2024) compares with Georgia 12.8%, South Carolina 13.9%, Virginia 12.9% in the states that border it.
• North Carolina's physical inactivity rate of 20.2% (2024) compares with Georgia 23.0%, South Carolina 21.7%, Virginia 21.9% in the states that border it.
• North Carolina's uninsured population rate of 8.6% (2024) compares with Georgia 12.0%, South Carolina 9.0%, Tennessee 9.7%, Virginia 6.9% in the states that border it.
• North Carolina's high blood pressure rate of 37.5% (2023) compares with Georgia 35.7%, South Carolina 38.9%, Tennessee 40.7%, Virginia 35.6% in the states that border it.
• North Carolina's high cholesterol rate of 36.3% (2023) compares with Georgia 36.9%, South Carolina 39.3%, Tennessee 40.6%, Virginia 39.3% in the states that border it.
• Life expectancy in North Carolina is 75.9 years (37th of 51 in the CDC's state life tables), against Georgia 75.9, South Carolina 75.1, Tennessee 73.8, Virginia 77.5 for its neighbors.

More about care in North Carolina

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

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