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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “GLP agonists, which are extraordinary drugs, aren't. They…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 25:11

But also you can't just ignore the people who, it's really the best thing to do to decrease their risk of dying, dying prematurely and getting diagnosed. Everything else, you know, GLP agonists, which are extraordinary drugs, aren't. They are available to anybody who's got diabetes. So anybody who's diagnosed as diabetic or pre diabetic are entitled to that drug. But obesity and for, for morbidly obese, for people over over 30, it's, I think it's over BMI of 27 with some heart risk and then over 30. (25:11–25:19)

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Asserts that GLP agonists are available to individuals diagnosed with diabetes.

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