• kerrigan778@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    So great how we’d rather pay for new mass use of experimental drugs than addressing our nations problems with mental health, accessibility of healthy food/lifestyle, and poverty

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      11 months ago

      We can and should do both.

      Besides, being overweight contributes to a lot of other things that are worse. These drugs may contribute to a significant decrease in health services needs.

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        11 months ago

        I didn’t list those specific things because they’re more important than obesity, I listed them because those are the root cause of a tremendous amount of our obesity and it would be much healthier to address those causes than to medicate.