Hosted by NutraIngredients, the Weight Management Summit will take place at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines in San Diego on Feb. 18, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
A changed market
Sales of traditional weight management supplements are shrinking like a GLP-1 user’s waistline, but adjacent categories like blood sugar management and GLP-1 support are seeing big growth.
Sherry Frey, vice president of total wellness at NielsenIQ, recently told NutraIngredients: “Overall, the weight management supplement category is being challenged, in particular by consumers (such as GLP-1 consumers) who are using other avenues for weight management as well as by other categories, like functional beverages where we are seeing more weight management ingredients and claims.”
NIQ’s data bears this out: While overall dietary supplement dollar sales are up 17% versus one year ago and up 32% versus two years ago, overall sales of weight management supplements are down 22% compared to last year, and 29% compared to two years ago, Frey said.
GLP-1 adjacent categories and other product categories are benefiting from the move away from traditional weight management supplements, she added.
“We’re seeing some functional health-related benefits for weight loss/management growing within beverages, such as obesity support and metabolism support,” Frey said. “As it relates to GLP-1 users, we see they decrease weight management supplement usage but increase their digestive, diabetic and beauty supplement purchasing.”
Use of weight management supplements by GLP-1 users is down a whopping 54%, she said, while digestive, diabetic/blood sugar management and beauty supplement are up 52%, 265% and 42%, respectively.
A must-attend event
NielsenIQ will be among the speakers at the second Weight Management Summit. The half-day summit will also feature David Foreman (The Herbal Pharmacist), Shawn Wells (NNB Nutrition), Dr. John Heiss (Herbalife), Dr. Michael Hartman (Plexus Worldwide), Dr. Brittany Johnson (GNC) and Raza Bashir (Iovate Health Sciences).
The content program will feature sessions focused on the state of the market, successful formulation of alternatives for weight management, supporting GLP-1 users, and the happily ever after (if such a thing is possible).
Commenting on the event, Stephen Daniells, PhD, editor-in-chief at NutraIngredients said: “After a hugely successful first edition of the Weight Management Summit in 2025, we’re excited to dive deeper into this rapidly changing area with fresh insights from new expert speakers to explore where things stand and where they could be headed.”
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Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2026
Attendees to the Weight Management Summit have the option to bundle their registration with the Sports & Active Nutrition Summit, which will feature expert speakers from iHerb, SPINS, Herbalife, GNC, AHPA, CPG Radar, Front Row, Gifted Wellness, Amin Wasserman Gurnani, Holon Law Partners, High Performance Nutrition, the University of Arkansas, TSI Group, NNB Nutrition, PLT Health Solutions and more.
Registration is already open for the three-day event.
Market-leading content
The Sports & Active Nutrition Summit will feature sessions focused on the state of the market, A.I. for sports nutrition, cellular health and energy, older consumers, maintaining muscle, beating sarcopenia, women’s health, tactical active nutrition, flavor innovations, the regulatory landscape and more!
