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Friday Morning Forum On The Business Of Our Behavior


January 23, 2026

21.8: The percentage of US adults who report doing no physical activity or exercise other than their job, according to findings from 2024 health and human services federal data. Mississippi ranked the highest at 30.6% and, unsurprisingly, the state also ranks as one of the overall unhealthiest states when looking at other factors like multiple chronic conditions and e-cigarette use.  

Science: A zoom call on how we think about GLP-1s, what we need to know, what to feel promise for, what to be concerned about.

Sport: Interesting response from the Buffalo Bills general manager who decided to fire the team’s head coach after seeing pain, crying and emotion in his players after their loss in last week’s NFL game. He said he saw his player’s pain and knows they will get better. Clip here.

Policy: Will health policymakers and insurers cover an anxiety treatment formulated from LSD? An argument for that by clicking here.

Perspective: What I heard last week in a classroom where we showed the Boston Bulldogs documentary - the story here:

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