This is an insane figure. With Trump threatening a trade war with the EU I wonder if these Ozempic/Wegovi drugs will be targetted in retaliation -- they seem to be the only weapons to counter this epidemic.
https://www.newsweek.com/surgeon-warning-about-weight-gain-o...
> "Been 6 months...still haven't gained a lb. It was a miracle medicine," said one user and another agreed, "Nope. Been off 18 months and Not. A. Pound. Gained."
>But this doesn't ring true for all, one user said: "This is very true was on Ozempic reached my goal weight then stopped and regained it all back. Just started again."
>"Lost 52 pounds on Ozempic in 5 months. Was taken off gained 85 pounds in 6 months. [Back] on Ozempic and dwn 7 pounds in 3 days. I'll just stay on it..."
No, just the most effective one once you've got an obese population. (Nicotine patches aren't the solution to cigarette smoking. But they are a great tool for cigarette smokers.)
1: Am an American. I want it now.
Surely we haven’t realized the full potential of health behaviour change and healthy default choices at scale. That class of interventions is considerably cheaper and more immune to trade disputes than GLP-1 agonists. But also deeply unprofitable for the pharmaceutical and processed food industries.
It can be done at an individual level, with no permission, and no training.