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There's always tradeoffs. Ozempic probably has some long term side effects, but are they worse than obesity? Probably not. (And an intervention based on ozempic
by scarmig 2y ago
There's always tradeoffs. Ozempic probably has some long term side effects, but are they worse than obesity? Probably not. (And an intervention based on ozempic is far more likely to cause lasting change than one based on a prescribed behavioral program.)
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- throwup238 2y ago> (And an intervention based on ozempic is far more likely to cause lasting change than one based on a prescribed behavioral program.) I was under the impression that for lasting change the behavioral program was pretty much required anyway, unless the patient wants to take Ozempic for the rest of their life. It helps someone go from obese to the point where they can exercise to maintain their health but they still have to eat healthy and exercise afterwards.
- scarmig 2y agoYes: for most obese people, to become not obese and stay so for the rest of their life, lifelong Ozempic is the only thing that works at scale. Behavioural interventions more or less don't work (on an individual level they occasionally do, but on a population level they don't).
- throwup238 2y ago> for most obese people, to become not obese and stay so for the rest of their life, lifelong Ozempic is the only thing that works at scale. Ozempic hasn't been around long enough to make that conclusion. It hasn't been prescribed at scale. It hasn't even been around long enough for its patent to expire, which is significantly shorter than a human lifespan ("rest of their life"). You're just making stuff up.