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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by array_key_first on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:49PM (#46592558)
It's important to note that overweight and obesity are not the same thing. Most people are overweight, and from what I've seen of modern studies, the health risk of being overweight is almost negligible.

But being obese is a higher BMI than overweight, and the bar is actually quite low. Lower than most people think. A lot of people think they're overweight, but they're not, they're obese.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by lII1lIlI11ll on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @07:31AM (#46600123)
> Most people are overweight, and from what I've seen of modern studies, the health risk of being overweight is almost negligible.

Health risks of being overweight are very well researched and are significant (cancer risk, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular health). If you meant the mortality, then it is also worse for overweight people when confounding for smoking and reverse causality.

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