As weight-loss drugs reduce appetites, US restaurants cut portion sizes

“I still wanted to maintain my social lifestyle, and I still wanted to be included in dinners,” she said.

One of her favourite restaurants, Manhattan’s Le Petit Village, made that easier: it is among the dining establishments in the city offering smaller portions at lower prices, as the prevalence of GLP-1 medications that reduce hunger grows.

The West Village restaurant decided to shrink a corner of its brunch menu, including French toast and a smoked salmon tartine, to accommodate diners on GLP-1s who wanted to go out but could not eat much.

Roughly one in eight American adults are currently taking drugs from the class of GLP-1 agonists, according to a November poll by the non-profit health policy tracker KFF.