Why fork over thousands of dollars a month for prescription weight loss jabs when store-bought supplements claim to have the same effect?

The products are being advertised as more affordable alternatives to blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Here’s what doctors think about them.

GLP-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic and Wegovy have a lot of scientific data to support their use—and they can help people drop a lot of pounds. But is it possible to get the same results from a supplement?

Prescribed medications like Ozempic and Wegovy can be expensive and hard to find, leading to a rise in popularity of natural weight-loss alternatives — but do they really work, and are they safe? NBC’s Emilie Ikeda reports and gastroenterologist Dr.