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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t have any problems with people taking a long term drug to get healthy. Plenty of people are on long-term statins, thyroid meds, mental health meds, BP meds, etc. why not these drugs? It’s not a moral failing to have thyroid problems or depression is it? Now that we have these drugs, however, is there any excuse for the obese to not take the drugs and give them a try? What if they’re happy at their size 28 and choose not to take the drug?[/quote]

Then they don’t have to take it, obviously. Not sure what you’re suggesting. [/quote]

What about people with mental health disorders that refuse to take their meds? If we agree that obesity is a disease, shouldn’t it be treated?[/quote]

Yeah, we don't force people to take psychiatric meds either. Or chemotherapy, or the covid vaccine, or literally any medical treatment. Not sure why you think weight loss drugs should be different.[/quote]

I don’t think they’re mandatory. The problem is what if obese people face further discrimination because others think they should just treat their problem with the meds? That’s what the first PP was saying.[/quote]

That's definitely not what PP was saying. They have an axe to grind about people who are fat and publicly happy with no weight loss goals "glamorizing" obesity. Weird.

To your point, I do think that as obesity becomes more and more treatable the stigma will increase.[/quote]

The people who glorify obesity are like those who glorify and glamorize drug use. These semiglutides finally can decrease rates of obesity in a successful way. Obesity doesn’t have to be normalized anymore. There should be widespread availability of the drugs and education that obesity is unhealthy and a scourge on society.[/quote]

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