101–110 of 301 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That’s simply restating the problem, the question is why people are eating more calories even as they are doing less physical labor.
Food is cheaper and tastes better.the solution isn’t expensive bland food. It’s these drugs.
What a strange way to say "they're more salty/sweet and fat", which are all know to trigger food addictions
If you think coke taste better than water you're an addict in denial
Pro tip, you can lose weight for free with no drugs at all.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Amazing how there's no room for self-control or accountability in these discussions. There's a reason most of the world isn't addicted to heroin...
People don’t suddenly have less self control. Of course you could lose weight by eating less than your body urges you too. That has nothing to do with why more people are obese now though.
That's what we get after decades and decades of marketing targeting kids... large scale behaviour changes.
Look at how tobacco was advertised, it was the same thing, now most of us know smoking is very detrimental to your health and addictive. I wonder when people will realise they're pulling the same shit for food
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Food is cheaper and tastes better.the solution isn’t expensive bland food. It’s these drugs.
Amazing how there's no room for self-control or accountability in these discussions. There's a reason most of the world isn't addicted to heroin...
Mounjaro is not an obesity drug. It's a type 2 diabetes drug. Do not call it an obesity drug. The headline is editorialized. The linked article's headline: The ‘next Ozempic’ became a social media sensation. Then everything changed The coupon didn't go away. The coupon's terms changed. I'm using the coupon now. Because I have type 2 diabetes. The coupon changed because people were using it to get the drug for off-lab…
> Mounjaro is not an obesity drug. It's a type 2 diabetes drug. Do not call it an obesity drug This is an absurd argument. It's a drug. It has specific metabolic affects in humans that are valuable to people's health, among which are the control of blood glucose levels, and control of appetite and nutrient uptake, leading to loss of excess weight. That it is currently labeled only for Type 2 diabetes is a marketing d…
Regulatory approval. It is a diabetes drug because it has been evaluated as such, including understanding the primary effects and side effects at various dosing levels. Mounjaro is prescribed to diabetics from 2.5mg to 15mg in increments of 2.5mg and titrated based on needs and goals.
Typically, weight loss versions of these drugs (Saxenda and Wegovy) are dosed higher than their diabetes counterpart, and are just titrated to maximum dose over time to maximize weight loss benefits. So evaluation is based on this, and approval follows this.
Various drugs do get used for off-label purposes, but the drug makers can't promote this because their marketing claims are regulated. This is why the coupon terms were changed.
Is the high cost of some of these drugs simply because they know the government will pay for it?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Diabetes patients think people with obesity are stealing their drug, as it’s currently only approved for the treatment of T2D (though FDA approval for the treatment of obesity may come as soon as this summer.) People with obesity are angry that obesity isn’t recognized as a disease. And users who can’t afford it say they’ve been abandoned by Big Pharma." Always amazing when an article is verified in real time
Did we read the same comment? > If you want a GLP-1 RA (this drug class) for weight loss, go get Wegovy or Saxenda, which are a version of these drugs approved for weight loss for those with a BMI over 30, or wait for the tirzepatide version. Leave the diabetes drugs alone. Definitely think it's forgiveable and even rational to be upset that droves of people are creating shortages of a medicine you need with off-labe…
Pro tip, you can lose weight for free with no drugs at all.
This is equivalent to saying, you don’t need a cure for AIDS. You can just avoid getting it by not having any sex. This is easier for some people but not a solution for the general population. Similarly, eating less is easier for some people while others are genetically or psychologically predisposed to eating more than they need.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Personally I'd like to thanks latin american cartels for making heroin feel so good, I don’t think it’s anyone’s fault that some people find it very difficult to control the urge to consume heroin, and I definitely don’t think I should be punished for that by making heroin more expensive/harder to find. Once your body is ravaged by years of junk food you're an addict in the medical sense of the term. When you give a…
Yes, they should make the food taste bad. That will make everyone better.
It tastes bad compared to junk food the same way caffein is bland compared to cocaine, ie. you have to be addicted and in denial to believe it
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are they the solution to obesity? I'm curious as to whether the weight stays off long term. 10 or more years at least or else it's just another bandaid. What we need is better access to nutritious food that doesn't take up so much of folk's scant downtime and tight income. I understand there's lots of reasons people are obese that aren't just laziness, but the drug doesn't solve those either. They're still not gettin…
Depressed people take ssri’s their entire life. People with ADHD take adderal or the like. I don’t see any reason to think of obesity as a different type of disease. Some people just find it extremely difficult to keep off weight, it doesn’t matter what kind of food they’re eating. Yes they could eat less, just like I could keep my thermostat at 45 in the winter to save on my heating bill. But that’s not a realistic…
Because it's man made and completely avoidable. Look at tobacco for example, it was the exact same thing until it wasn't because we woke up and decided to act on the issue
Helping currently obese people to get out of the loop is good, breaking the system we built that make more and more people obese would be better.
Also, being obese is only a part of the complications of eating shit and not exercising, the rest of the symptoms will catch up eventually, there are no magic pills