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Re:America’s Obsession with Weight-Loss Drugs Is Affecting t... by NovemberWhiskey on Saturday August 19, 2023 @07:38AM (#37187743)
No; the downvoting comes because of the suggestion - which runs counter to much of the evidence at this point - that obesity is caused by "bad habits" rather than have real biological causes that can be treated medically.
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Re:America’s Obsession with Weight-Loss Drugs Is Affecting t... by chiefalchemist on Saturday August 19, 2023 @09:29AM (#37188586)
Of course there a biological cause...intake more calories than you use and your biology will store that excess as fat. That's it. It's been that way since the beginning.

What you're parrotting is the normalizing of the idea that an individual is not responsible for their own choices for diet, lifestyle and exercise. Outsourcing such basic and foundational aspects of being human is a *very* dangerous direction.

Be careful of the false gods you're buying; be mindful of who is selling that (and how they profit from that sell).

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