On topic, very happy this medicine exists, but let's pray god will keep the prescription only for BMI > 35.
In the US nearly 75% of the population is overweight and almost half are clinically obese. Sounds like "willpower" isn't working for the vast majority of people.
If we give up on willpower, we have no plan b.
Isn't that already the case. I'm of belief, the failing isn't individual but societal. You have obese toddlers and wild animals in the US.
I don't think this is a failure of willpower, it's a failure to investigate the actual causes of the obesity epidemic. Maybe it's sugar, perhaps it's highly processed oils, etc. Whatever it is, people aren't investigating it thoroughly enough.
The school where my kids go to has zero obese and zero overweight kids (n = 300).
We have Starbucks, McDonalds, Dunkin' Donuts and the same brands like Heinz and Coca Cola. Pizza.
So, I am optimistic willpower can prevent us from a new Ozempic disorder. I suggest to go for willpower and not pills. If willpowers falls short, in my country when a child becomes obese, child welfare steps in. So let the government intervene (yep, you will lose your parental power) with a lifestyle program.