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[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 83 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There is no incentive to stop obesity. The rich charge enough for health insurance to make profit on these taxpayers who then die before collecting any social security. Perfect citizens.

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

You'd think being able to easily get up off the sofa would be enough of an incentive

[–] hottari@lemmy.ml 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The fast-food and medical insurance industrial complexes couldn't be more giddy.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Finland is quite fat and we have universal healthcare

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 21 points 10 months ago

Not if we do what we committed to at the Paris climate summit

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not with the new weight loss drugs they won’t.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

These have outcomes that may not be ideal and the results do not persist if you stop taking them.

If know a lot of people on these. A good percentage of them are using it as a cheat code to continue their existing patterns. A couple have used it to assist in behavior modification. They seem to have better outcomes.

We'll see how people are doing in the long run.

The recipe for weight loss is simple. Changing a lifetime of behavior is not. I speak from experience.

I think these drugs are the new gastric bypass surgery. For some they will see results but they will go back to their preferences before long. For a smaller group, long term behavior change will occur.

Fingers crossed that there are no longer term health problems from these because so many people I know are on them.

I think the next generation of these will be better...

[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have a friend on ozempic (for diabetes). It really seems like it's impossible for him to just use it to continue his excessive eating habits, because it suppresses his appetite and he just doesn't eat much anymore. He still eats garbage, but much less.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

That is my thing. As soon as they stop, the habit is still there but the inhibition will be gone (I say this as a lifelong person who has issues with over eating).

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

By 2030 we will know one way or the other. By then they’ll also be cheap and generic.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's just the natural conclusion to ineffective politicians who refuse to pass any food health laws.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 3 points 10 months ago

And when they do pass them everyone gets pissed because "mommy state" and corporate interests find a way to get rid of it anyway: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugary_drinks_portion_cap_rule

It's not just politicians. The entire system is broken.

[–] Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

By 2030? Fuck, I can get there by the end of next year if I put my mind to it. Rest of you are a bunch of damned slackers.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

This applies to the most of the first world too.

[–] geekzapoppin@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I'm doing my part!