> it’s amazing to me the lengths to which people will go simply to avoid changing their habits.
You think people are just choosing to not change habits?
Do you also dislike people taking PrEP [0] because they could just change their habits?
If anything this drug has shown is that habits and biology are so intertwined.
“Following dietary advice” is very hard, as evidenced by the 2/3 of the US who are obese or overweight (and the 50% of Western Europe).
It’s also hard to follow economic advice, as evidenced by not everyone making $250k/year.
Similarly, if there was a new drug that cost $10k/year that made people make 30% more annual income, people would definitely take that instead of just studying harder or whatever advice they could follow to increase income.
That "not changing habits" thing has nothing to do with Ozempic. Based on my experience with the drug (taken six months for type 2 diabetes), you won't lose any weight at all on it UNLESS you change your habits. What the drug does is make it easier for you to change your habits!
> What the drug does is make it easier for you to change your habits!
This is the entire point. The medication exists to change behavior. That’s why this medication exists and the habit changes are possible because of the meds.
It’s like saying that depressed people just need to change their habits. And their anti-depressant meds just make it easier to change habits. But that the meds have nothing to do with habits.
You think people are just choosing to not change habits?
Do you also dislike people taking PrEP [0] because they could just change their habits?
If anything this drug has shown is that habits and biology are so intertwined.
“Following dietary advice” is very hard, as evidenced by the 2/3 of the US who are obese or overweight (and the 50% of Western Europe).
It’s also hard to follow economic advice, as evidenced by not everyone making $250k/year.
Similarly, if there was a new drug that cost $10k/year that made people make 30% more annual income, people would definitely take that instead of just studying harder or whatever advice they could follow to increase income.
[0] https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/prep/index.html