Online weight loss medication in Texas

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

America's Health Rankings reports adult obesity in Texas at 35.6%, 32nd of 49 states (1st is lowest). Texas's adult obesity rate was 31.9% in 2014 and is 35.6% in 2024: up 3.7 percentage points. Texas's adult obesity rate of 35.6% (2024) compares with Arkansas 38.9%, Louisiana 39.2%, New Mexico 34.5%, Oklahoma 36.8% in the states that border it.

Adult diabetes in Texas is 13.5% (39th of 49 states), and physical inactivity is 25.1% (41st 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.

Texas weight and metabolic health, by the numbers

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

Adult obesity

35.6% (32nd of 49 states, 2024)

Adult diabetes

13.5% (39th of 49 states, 2024)

Physical inactivity

25.1% (41st of 49 states, 2024)

Frequent mental distress

15.7% (26th of 49 states, 2024)

Uninsured population

16.7% (50th of 50 states, 2024)

Life expectancy

77.1 years (27th of 51)

• Texas's adult diabetes rate was 11.0% in 2014 and is 13.5% in 2024: up 2.5 percentage points.
• Texas's physical inactivity rate was 27.6% in 2014 and is 25.1% in 2024: down 2.5 percentage points.
• Texas's adult diabetes rate of 13.5% (2024) compares with Arkansas 15.3%, Louisiana 15.4%, New Mexico 12.3%, Oklahoma 13.2% in the states that border it.
• Texas's physical inactivity rate of 25.1% (2024) compares with Arkansas 28.5%, Louisiana 27.6%, New Mexico 21.7%, Oklahoma 27.7% in the states that border it.
• Texas's uninsured population rate of 16.7% (2024) compares with Arkansas 9.4%, Louisiana 7.7%, New Mexico 10.1%, Oklahoma 11.5% in the states that border it.
• Texas's high blood pressure rate of 32.3% (2023) compares with Arkansas 42.5%, Louisiana 43.3%, New Mexico 34.1%, Oklahoma 38.4% in the states that border it.
• Texas's high cholesterol rate of 36.3% (2023) compares with Arkansas 40.2%, Louisiana 39.5%, New Mexico 35.4%, Oklahoma 39.2% in the states that border it.
• Life expectancy in Texas is 77.1 years (27th of 51 in the CDC's state life tables), against Arkansas 73.9, Louisiana 73.8, New Mexico 74.5, Oklahoma 73.8 for its neighbors.

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