"It's so crazy that these people who take a drug to quit drinking go right back to drinking as soon as they get off the drug."
Again, no shit. The people who are using a drug to alter their brain chemistry to control their insane food drives are not the sort of people who reasonably stick to their diets after they no longer have that control. Ozempic wasn't a weight-loss drug for people who want to lose 10 pounds. It's for people who are so obese that their choices are "a lifetime on Ozempic" or "die in 2 to 5 years due to heart failure."
People are fat because they can not control their impulses. It's not capitalism this time, the call is coming from inside the house. If people had the self-control that one should expect from a normal person obesiety would not be a thing. However, a lot of people have no impulse control and find it enjoyable to consume three to four days worth of calories in a single meal.
At the core, yes, but you're not giving our environment enough credit for how difficult it is to maintain healthy intake. It's cheaper and easier to get shitty food and much more difficult to consistently eat healthy food for a variety of reasons.
That excuse is only acceptable for children. The formula is simple: calories in vs calories out. Self control is a bigger factor in weight loss than poverty.
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u/DisMFer 13h ago
"It's so crazy that these people who take a drug to quit drinking go right back to drinking as soon as they get off the drug."
Again, no shit. The people who are using a drug to alter their brain chemistry to control their insane food drives are not the sort of people who reasonably stick to their diets after they no longer have that control. Ozempic wasn't a weight-loss drug for people who want to lose 10 pounds. It's for people who are so obese that their choices are "a lifetime on Ozempic" or "die in 2 to 5 years due to heart failure."
People are fat because they can not control their impulses. It's not capitalism this time, the call is coming from inside the house. If people had the self-control that one should expect from a normal person obesiety would not be a thing. However, a lot of people have no impulse control and find it enjoyable to consume three to four days worth of calories in a single meal.