re: America has reached peak obesity, obesity rates fall for the first time.

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Educate citizens on the truth about sugar vs fat.

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I can't believe there are still a majority of people who think fats.. In particular animal fats are a problem.

Eta more vegans! Let's create more fake meat in labs that resembles animal meat. Those guys are so green and so healthy.

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hope trump wins and rfk lights into the FDA and other government agencies to get some of the poison out of our food supply.

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Absolutely .. the quicker people come to understand that 80% of what's in their pantry is absolute poison they better of we'd be..

I mean big shocker when two of the worlds largest cigarette manufacturers bought up most foods producing companies.. Did people expect no calamity of addiction was to follow?

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Probably not for long. The FDA just took one of the weight loss drugs off of the shortage list which means that people can’t pay $400/month for it anymore and the price is going back to $2000+ a month.

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There is still a shortage. And, no drug becomes less available over time. The prices drop and then generics come on line. Insurance companies lose an enormous amount of money on obesity. The benefits of GLP-1s are far reaching and will lower those costs, making it likely they will start covering it more readily.

We finally have something for obesity and curmudgeons of the OT have a problem with that.

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This is masking the nutritional and food addiction problem and saying hey it’s okay just take this shot and change nothing else.

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Literally no one is saying this.

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the sorority girl that wants to lose 20 pounds

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I'm about 40-ish pounds overweight. I stay between 30-40 pounds overweight, and I just can't shake it. Haven't been able to for a couple of years. I'm about to add long distance running to my routine. If that doesn't help, I may see about getting some. I'm healthy, I just added a life insurance policy and the only thing I got dinged on was my weight.

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It’s not “something” for obesity because you aren’t solving the problem. If you use an alternative to stop smoking or using tobacco products, you are solving the problem. This is masking the nutritional and food addiction problem and saying hey it’s okay just take this shot and change nothing else.

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Define "alternative." If I use a vape, or Zyn, or nicorette gum, to stop smoking, I still have the same root problem: addiction to nicotine. Maybe you're referring to... ahem... medication?

And I continue to see (not necessarily directed at you), the same logical fallacies employed over and over in this thread. No one is arguing (at least I'm not) that medication should be the only treatment for obesity. No one is arguing against education, therapy, better diet, exercise, or improving our food supply. Yet people continue to argue as if we can only choose one option.

An argument for semaglutides is not an argument against exercise and a proper diet.

Conversely, an argument for better food regulations is not an argument against semaglutides.

If you want to argue against semaglutides, make an argument against semaglutides. Because almost everyone already agrees that food is shite, people should exercise, and food addiction should be addressed. None of those are arguments against semaglutides.

As I said before, the obesity problem is multi-faceted. The solution probably is too. Education, improved food supply, physical activity, less reliance on processed food, medication for those that benefit from it. These are all tools we should be using. Why are some of you acting like we have to pick and choose?

I have zero issue with semaglutides to assist with obesity. I have an issue that it’s being used by everyone for weight loss without seeing much change in diet, physical fitness, or nutrition in general. Hell the commercials basically are advertising take this shot and don’t do shite else

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I have zero issue with semaglutides to assist with obesity. I have an issue that it’s being used by everyone for weight loss without seeing much change in diet, physical fitness, or nutrition in general. Hell the commercials basically are advertising take this shot and don’t do shite else

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Yeah, I'd prefer that everyone had the internal discipline to manage their health and weight naturally as well. But that clearly isn't the case. Semaglutides aren't a perfect solution, but don't make perfect the enemy of good.

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you aren’t solving the problem. If you use an alternative to stop smoking or using tobacco products, you are solving the problem. This is masking the nutritional and food addiction problem and saying hey it’s okay just take this shot and change nothing else.

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Ok genius. In your view some baw who weighs 300lbs that uses this and drops 100lbs isn't going to be motivated to live a more active life at 200lbs?

Think about what you can't do at 300 vs what you can at 200. Multiple folks in this thread have said this was a lifesaver to get them back to being more active and responsible but instead you want shite all over them and assume they're going to do nothing to tone up or increase their cardio.

I'm pretty sure there are tons of baws that were active in their youth that felt hopeless and this has given them another chance to be the person they once were.

Y'all are so fricking cynical.

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Some will, some won’t. Why do you need a shot to be motivated though?

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Jesus Christ you are too dumb to argue with