These medications aim to reduce the addictiveness of foods. A very apt analogy is nicotine gum/patches. This is that, but for food (although early studies also

These medications aim to reduce the addictiveness of foods. A very apt analogy is nicotine gum/patches. This is that, but for food (although early studies also show success for opioids and alcoholism). I feel like there is a lot of hypocrisy going on around this. People asking overweight/obese people "why not just eat less?!" and people responding "GLP-1 medications help me do just that," and the critics essentially saying "it is unfair fair that this drugs helps you do the thing I claim I want you to do." Also, calorie restriction, not exercise is what successful people use to lose weight. Exercise is highly recommended and will help you live a long and healthy life, but it won't help an Obese person loose >20 lbs of body fat. TDEE and calorie restriction will though.