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Can we just let people be fat and happy
It's going to be very interesting to see how the people who insisted on getting off-label prescriptions fare in court.
All the non-diabetics using it will generate great data.. for the rest of us.
It became clear during COVID that a lot of people seem to presume there's some way for researchers to just "look at what's happening," and there isn't.
I've also heard that Ozempic was good for the GDP, so mixed bag.
It's going to be very interesting to see how the people who insisted on getting off-label prescriptions fare in court.
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Not sure why people are downvoting, these drugs are a major threat to the fast/junk food industry. If these drugs continue being used we might have reached “peak calorie” consumption in the west. There are a lot of scaremongering articles for this class of drugs. The media constantly runs articles to scare people out of taking it. Gastroparesis is often mentioned. You know what often causes this? Being obese and havi…
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We can! But should we? Being fat is similar to being a drug user. At first, you actually are fat and happy. Over time, being fat will absolutely reduce your happiness from the medical, societal, and physical issues that arise. Similar to how drug users build up a tolerance and instead of using the drug to be happy, they use the drug to feel normal. And just to state a simple fact, I do not condone shaming people with…
I have thought of this before. But it isn't really the same. Drugs, the really bad ones will probably ruin your life or kill you in the space of two or three years. Being fat unless it's super super severe often won't start impacting your health seriously until your 30's or 40's. on the opposite side anorexia will kill you much faster than obesity
It's good that we discourage smoking, even aside from the secondhand smoke component.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
We can! But should we? Being fat is similar to being a drug user. At first, you actually are fat and happy. Over time, being fat will absolutely reduce your happiness from the medical, societal, and physical issues that arise. Similar to how drug users build up a tolerance and instead of using the drug to be happy, they use the drug to feel normal. And just to state a simple fact, I do not condone shaming people with…
I have thought of this before. But it isn't really the same. Drugs, the really bad ones will probably ruin your life or kill you in the space of two or three years. Being fat unless it's super super severe often won't start impacting your health seriously until your 30's or 40's. on the opposite side anorexia will kill you much faster than obesity
Anecdotal experience - Good friend of mine who struggles with weight was taking Ozempic for about two months. He described nausea quite often when I saw him but the results were pretty astounding. He then hit a wall where gastroparesis would happen quite often and I happened to be at his house when one of these bouts got very severe. He went from feeling bad, to hunched over in pain and started projectile vomiting in…
Can we just let people be fat and happy
Can we just let people be fat and happy
Anyone is welcome to be fat and happy, but don't put down those who want to un-fat to be happy. Don't come back with that fatness is a social construct stuff either; your fat and happy idea is just as much a social construct.