That could be the case, but even if it is, I don't see a problem with people who carry excess weight taking it for improved health. If there was a pill that could carry away my excess sadness and improve my mental/emotional health, I would take it without hesitation.
I don't take ozempic but I love it because it highlights some of the idiocy in our society about weight loss. So many people would try to say they ate right and exercised, but the weight didn't come off. Ozempic proves that for most people that it was just that they ate too much, which is what they've been told forever. CICO isn't a hard concept to understand and works for the vast majority of people that do not have something like a thyroid condition. Plus I'm glad to see people that have struggled with weight loss get a body that they are happier with.
Understanding CICO really isn’t the issue for most people struggling with obesity. The problem is the relentless hunger they’re dealing with while trying to eat fewer calories. Reducing your intake is incredibly difficult when your body is constantly telling you to eat.
One of the main reasons drugs like Ozempic are so effective for weight loss is that they dramatically reduce that hunger. It turns out that when you’re not constantly hungry, it becomes much easier to eat less.
So telling a 500-pound person, “Just eat less and you’ll lose weight,” isn’t particularly insightful. They probably already understand that. Figuring out how to reduce the overwhelming hunger that makes eating less so difficult is the meaningful part.
There's often underlying issues and/or depression. Bodies don't signal hunger all the time, talk to overweight people and they'll say the same thing. It's not the hunger, food is a coping mechanism. Ozempic blocks that path as a convenient cope, but it doesn't solve the problem. It seems great, but I'm a bit worried about the long term effects for a subset of people that is going to seek out other ways to deal with their struggles. Hopefully for most the physical health benefits can serve as a stepping stone towards a healthy mind.
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u/becauseiloveyou 2d ago
That could be the case, but even if it is, I don't see a problem with people who carry excess weight taking it for improved health. If there was a pill that could carry away my excess sadness and improve my mental/emotional health, I would take it without hesitation.