re: 4 year long study on Wegovy/semaglutide shows heart benefits and safety

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Because again, the obesity epidemic is relatively new.

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I'm not discounting any putative cause of obesity, but the overall analysis is fairly straightforward:

1. Just 100 to 120 years ago, most folks, even Americans worked in agriculture, heavy industry or otherwise worked a schedule from dawn to dusk at the very least - 12 to 14 hours of at least light/medium activity (versus sedentary). They sat down to rest at the end of the day and to eat. Otherwise, they were sleeping or working. Most folks had some degree of difficulty in maintaining caloric intake to match their output.

2. Food production, particularly during the post-war period absolutely skyrocketed. Multiple times over. That made vast quantities of food extremely cheap in the West (and frankly, even the Third World benefitted to a degree).

3. The economy has increasingly shifted away from heavy work and overwhelmingly folks are doing sedentary and very light jobs.


I mean, math isn't everything, but it certainly explains this. I'm not ignoring the fact that our food is shite and the chemicals in it might be causing negative behavior cycles and all that. At the end of the day, moving around more and eating less should solve all but the most problematic weight issues. Certainly all but about 5% or so.

Obviously, these drugs work because they help folks who have difficulty doing so.