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To me it is insane we are even talking about a drug to solve the obesity problem when there is hard evidence that it is a lifestyle issue mostly.
by thefz 2y ago
To me it is insane we are even talking about a drug to solve the obesity problem when there is hard evidence that it is a lifestyle issue mostly.
- aficiomaquinas 2y agoIf by lifestyle you mean behavioral disorder, It seems to me that the science from the last 10 years is starting to point in the opposite direction. If I may recommend, there is a great presentation by Dr. Robert Lustig called "Fat Chance: Fructose 2.0". [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceFyF9px20Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceFyF9px20Y
- throwaway290 2y agoyou think lifestyle choices are somehow not fully influenced by body chemistry?
- thefz 2y agoNobody is born obese so it takes years of abuse to get there. So what is your point?
- throwaway290 2y agoI asked a question So you think life style choices/abuse/etc is not a result of body chemistry? You know, that thing that drugs change:)
- thefz 2y agoSo the obese start doomed because they are born with different "body chemistry"?
- throwaway290 2y agoGood question!
- spudlyo 2y agoHave you or someone you know ever willingly made a lasting and meaningful lifestyle change? Chances are it was very difficult. Food choices and behaviors are especially hard as they are sometimes cultural and deeply rooted in people's psyche. Intelligent people have died from diabetes and other obesity related illnesses, not because they couldn't understand calorie math or what carbohydrates are, but because they couldn't or wouldn't change their eating habits in the long term.
- thefz 2y agoYes, absolutely I know some. But I guess taking a medicine forever instead of not stuffing your face is easier because it requires zero user effort.
- dpig_ 2y agoIsn't it the point of human technologies to bring things as close to zero-effort as possible? Not sure why you need that to sound like an indictment.