Loving Sarah Vine on This Morning -Ozempic

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She said we live in an obesogenic society and need to be realistic about the need for weight loss drugs like ozempic. She also said we are genetically programmed to eat as much as possible when we can as our ancestors didn’t know when the next wilderbeast would come along. Now we can just sit in our house and deliveroo will bring us food.
Completely agree with all of the above. I am currently working very hard and managing to lose weight without the help of drugs, so I do also ‘get’ the personal responsibility side to this. I just think as a society we are fighting a losing battle if we don’t embrace the new wave of weight loss drugs. Hopefully in time there will be more studies into long term use.

These drugs are also the same as for diabetes. It's funny how people don't have opinions and doubts about the drug for diabetes, but when it's for fat people, people have a negative opinion.

Diabetics aren’t being prescribed these drugs for weight loss, it’s a side effect of the prescription. The real difference is that diabetics are being monitored while on these drugs. People buying it online are self medicating, it isn’t being monitored and there is no plan for life after the injections stop, that is concerning.

This has been back in the news today. The basic story seems to be that people are using it to lose less than a stone for cosmetic reasons. For them the side effect profile is such that this is not a good idea. If your bmi is higher then a judgement can be made as to whether the benefits outweigh the risks.