In an interesting twist, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on July 16, 2025, that Coca-Cola had agreed to use real cane sugar in its formula within the United States. How about other countries?

More than a billion people around the world are currently obese, with expectations that nearly half of the world's population will be obese or overweight in 2030.

Contrary to its slogans "Good Food, Good Life, and Grow Smart," a recent investigation accused Nestle of discriminating between children by adding sugar to the baby food it sells only in developing country markets.

Ozempic is not licensed for weight loss, but in 2021 the FDA approved semaglutide, the active ingredient, under the brand name Wegovy for this purpose.