Study links GLP-1 drugs to bigger jump in women's employment than a degree

Post by Balooga » Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC

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The side effect of drastic muscle loss isn't quickly reversible though. Because muscle is about 3x as expensive to maintain as fat, unless you are on some major strength training to maintain, muscle is the very first thing that your body gets rid of when losing weight. So now you are off the GLP-1. But you also have to eat fewer calories to maintain a calorie deficit because you no longer have all that calorie burnin…

It doesn’t have to be a foregone conclusion that GLP-1 causes muscle loss though. The primary reason for the muscle loss is the reduction in calories and protein intake. If you want to keep most of your muscle mass you can just make sure you keep up with your daily caloric and protein needs.

Post by Balooga » Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC

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The incidence rate of genetic issues generally doesn't change much over time due to how slow genes changes, so an increase in obesity rates from 5% to over 40% in just a few generations suggest the cause is very unlikely to be due to genetics.

In the US, I'm convinced that it was the food pyramid. As a kid in the 80s, I wondered how it made sense that my diabetic father was told to follow the same model as non-diabetics, which emphasized carbohydrates.

Post by chneu » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC

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in an era when interviews are done by zoom, is there a height effect for men?

Surround yourself with tiny replica objects and look like a giant. You can skip straight to CEO.

Post by phil21 » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC

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I think there's a lot of just-world fallacy going around re: how I keep running across the following pattern online now that GLP-1RA drugs exist. Commenter A (esp. often a woman, though of any age): I lost a lot of weight and people treat me radically better. I did not change my behavior in a way that explains this; it seems like stigma / prejudice. Commenter B: I have never met you but it is probably the case that s…

Post by niemandhier » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 4:58 AM UTC

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I think people often tend to treat drastic deviations from standard appearance as an indicator for undesirable character traits. If you are badly groomed as a man, you tend to be perceived as careless. In my experience if you are obese, people think you lack will power and discipline. Changing how people view you for the better always has an influence on your personal success.

first sentence is one step from outright discrimination even if not everyone recognizes it. if you’re visibly transgender/queer, have noticeable accent, visible disability, and on and on and on