Taking a GLP-1? Doctors Say Not To Forget About Movement and Mental Health By Emily Siner, Nashville Public Radio and Cara Anthony and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio March 26, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/healthq-glp1-weight-loss-drugs-mental-health-dosage-exercise/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_OQ2bDbmc3XvheXo0lPzhzNz86vQuXCJelEua1movtPiQ7oxFZ7bLkRUuLFe7Lf2eNfZSNQXHRfNuQsMxZwtVL85Zeeg&_hsmi=410717341&utm_content=410717341&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: Taking A GLP-1? Doctors Say Not To Forget About Movement And Mental Health Severe ankle pain drove Jelon Smart to start taking a weight loss injection a year and a half ago. Smart was 285 pounds and worked as a caterer in Savannah, Georgia. After she’d been standing on her feet for long hours, her ankles would be “as swollen as a football,” she said. She was walking with a limp. An orthopedic doctor diagnosed her with Achilles tendinitis and recommended losing weight to mitigate the symptoms. Smart began taking the brand-name GLP-1 Ozempic. The appetite suppression resulted in her shedding pounds quickly, at first. (Siner, Anthony and Farmer, 3/26)