In r/FamilyMedicine, clinicians debate whether obesity is wrongly reduced to personal responsibility, with GLP 1 medications framed as evidence of strong biological drivers and compared to past stigma around antidepressants.
I think the success of GLP-1s for those who have failed so many other attempts at weight loss does show that there are some biological factors at play.
Obesity is very complicated.
It is a complex disease that is often falsely attributed
We don’t treat a single chronic condition with the same intellectual dishonesty as obesity, ie ‘go try harder you lazy sos’
GLP-1’s are this generations Prozac.
“Obesity is a complex disease that is often falsely attributed to personal decisions and willpower.”
I think of all the obese children who are metabolically disadvantaged before their teens.
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