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re: Patients taking Eli Lilly's retatrutide lost 58 pounds, on average, in a phase 2 clinical
Posted on 8/30/23 at 1:22 am to schwartzy
Posted on 8/30/23 at 1:22 am to schwartzy
quote:I agree with you in principle, but, at the same time, Americans are fat as frick. And I have little hope that greater than 5% of Americans are going to do anything to improve their diets. Maybe you are anticipating a wave of healthy eating and personal accountability but I am not so optimistic.
A pill can’t be the solution for everything. People need to count their excess sugars, carbs, and avoid the high fructose corn syrup that’s in everything. Diets need to be a lifestyle and not just a 3 month bender, or else the person will just gain all the weight back. Starvation isn’t the way. It also slows down metabolism.
As cold as it may sound, IMO, all these new weight loss drugs are dependent on cost/benefit. Do the potential benefits of these drugs in regards to money saved on treating chronic diseases caused by obesity outweigh the side-effects?
Americans aren't going to change their lifestyles. That's on them. Will these drugs help curb the ridiculous amounts of money spent on healthcare for fat people? I don't know, but if so they should put it in the tap water.
This post was edited on 8/30/23 at 1:24 am
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Posted on 8/30/23 at 7:33 am to northshorebamaman
quote:Very true but this could also help some obese people get real weight loss and then they could start exercising more and hopefully change their eating habits.
Americans aren't going to change their lifestyles.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 9:04 am to northshorebamaman
quote:
I agree with you in principle, but, at the same time, Americans are fat as frick. And I have little hope that greater than 5% of Americans are going to do anything to improve their diets. Maybe you are anticipating a wave of healthy eating and personal accountability but I am not so optimistic.
As cold as it may sound, IMO, all these new weight loss drugs are dependent on cost/benefit. Do the potential benefits of these drugs in regards to money saved on treating chronic diseases caused by obesity outweigh the side-effects?
Americans aren't going to change their lifestyles. That's on them. Will these drugs help curb the ridiculous amounts of money spent on healthcare for fat people? I don't know, but if so they should put it in the tap water.
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Posted on 8/30/23 at 2:19 pm to northshorebamaman
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I agree with you in principle, but, at the same time, Americans are fat as frick.
Son is 6 1/2 years old. We go to his schoole occassionally for meet the teachers, open house, etc... Too many grossly obese kids in 1st, 2nd 3rd grade. Usually one of the parents is in that kind of shape also if not both.
Eating habits are learned. Not sure how the kids will unlearn them.
Also, I hunt in Mexico and the obesity problem in Mexico is every bit as bad as it is in the U.S.
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