Online weight loss medication in Pennsylvania

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

America's Health Rankings reports adult obesity in Pennsylvania at 34.2%, 24th of 49 states (1st is lowest). Pennsylvania's adult obesity rate was 30.2% in 2014 and is 34.2% in 2024: up 4.0 percentage points. Pennsylvania's adult obesity rate of 34.2% (2024) compares with Delaware 36.6%, Maryland 32.7%, New Jersey 27.7%, New York 29.5%, Ohio 36.9%, West Virginia 41.4% in the states that border it.

Adult diabetes in Pennsylvania is 13.3% (38th of 49 states), and physical inactivity is 22.7% (31st 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.

Pennsylvania weight and metabolic health, by the numbers

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

Adult obesity

34.2% (24th of 49 states, 2024)

Adult diabetes

13.3% (38th of 49 states, 2024)

Physical inactivity

22.7% (31st of 49 states, 2024)

Frequent mental distress

16.0% (30th of 49 states, 2024)

Uninsured population

5.8% (13th of 50 states, 2024)

Life expectancy

77.3 years (24th of 51)

• Pennsylvania's adult diabetes rate was 11.2% in 2014 and is 13.3% in 2024: up 2.1 percentage points.
• Pennsylvania's physical inactivity rate was 23.3% in 2014 and is 22.7% in 2024: down 0.6 percentage points.
• Pennsylvania's adult diabetes rate of 13.3% (2024) compares with Delaware 13.2%, Maryland 12.4%, New Jersey 10.8%, New York 12.3%, Ohio 13.1%, West Virginia 18.4% in the states that border it.
• Pennsylvania's physical inactivity rate of 22.7% (2024) compares with Delaware 25.2%, Maryland 19.5%, New Jersey 22.8%, New York 24.0%, Ohio 22.2%, West Virginia 28.7% in the states that border it.
• Pennsylvania's uninsured population rate of 5.8% (2024) compares with Delaware 6.9%, Maryland 6.3%, New Jersey 7.7%, New York 5.0%, Ohio 6.7%, West Virginia 5.8% in the states that border it.
• Life expectancy in Pennsylvania is 77.3 years (24th of 51 in the CDC's state life tables), against Delaware 76.5, Maryland 77.8, New Jersey 79.6, New York 79.5, Ohio 75.6, West Virginia 72.2 for its neighbors.

More about care in Pennsylvania

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

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