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This study examined whether exposure to GLP-1-related narratives and their perceived credibility were associated with perceptions of obesity pharmacotherapy. Methods: An anonymous cross-sectional online survey was conducted among Polish-speaking adults aged \u2265 18 years who used social media at least weekly and reported exposure to GLP-1-related content within the preceding 3 months. Five exploratory composite scores assessed narrative exposure, perceived credibility, perceptions of communication, attitudes toward obesity pharmacotherapy, and GLP-1 treatment evaluation. Associations were examined using univariable and multivariable linear regression. Results: The final sample comprised 279 participants (84.6% women; mean age, 38.14 \u00b1 8.58 years). In adjusted models, greater perceived narrative credibility was associated with less favorable GLP-1 treatment evaluations (B = \u22120.311, 95% CI: \u22120.359 to \u22120.263; p &lt; 0.001) and greater endorsement of negative pharmacotherapy-related statements (B = 0.401, 95% CI: 0.350 to 0.453; p &lt; 0.001). Greater narrative exposure was associated with more favorable GLP-1 treatment evaluations (B = 0.072, 95% CI: 0.026 to 0.118; p = 0.002) and more negative perceptions of social media communication (B = 0.235, 95% CI: 0.161 to 0.309; p &lt; 0.001). Conclusions: Greater perceived credibility of GLP-1-related narratives was associated with less favorable perceptions of obesity pharmacotherapy, but the cross-sectional design precludes conclusions about direction or causality. The findings highlight the importance of evidence-based communication that supports critical evaluation of treatment-related claims and presents pharmacotherapy, nutrition, and lifestyle support as complementary components of comprehensive obesity care.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu18162718","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,20]],"date-time":"2026-08-20T08:10:20Z","timestamp":1787213420000},"page":"2718","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Perceived Credibility of Social Media Narratives About GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Acceptance of Integrated Obesity Care: Implications for Nutrition and Lifestyle Support"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-9253-573X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tomasz","family":"\u017burawski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Rzesz\u00f3w, Collegium Medicum, Faculty of Health Sciences and Psychology, 35-959 Rzesz\u00f3w, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2359-7818","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anna","family":"Bartosiewicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Rzesz\u00f3w, Collegium Medicum, Faculty of Health Sciences and Psychology, 35-959 Rzesz\u00f3w, Poland"},{"name":"University Center for Research and Development in Health Sciences, 35-310 Rzesz\u00f3w, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"102882","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pmedr.2024.102882","article-title":"The Global Burden of Overweight-Obesity and Its Association with Economic Status, Benefiting from STEPs Survey of WHO Member States: A Meta-Analysis","volume":"46","author":"Islam","year":"2024","journal-title":"Prev. 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