this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2025
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I think the way ozempic works should have made it pretty clear that for a lot of people, it's really not that easy. If they (the people who say that it's easy to lose weight) had any empathy or basic amounts of trust in science.
We've also known for a very long time about a gene in rats which causes them to produce the same hormones as a starving rat even when eating adequate calories, causing them to overeat. Rats without this gene self-regulate their calorie intake when free-fed kibbles. They're living proof of how not every member of a species is identical in how their body handles energy intake and expenditure. If you reduce the calories these rats are able to consume, they become greatly distressed, just like how some humans do when dieting.
Twin studies also prove the heritability of BMI.
Is there something like ozempic we can give people to give them empathy or trust in science? Way too many people can't do that on their own.
A good education? But as they say, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
Critical thinking skills gained through a good education is more specifically what I would say. But better education overall is good.
Oh, so basically it will never get better.
Yes, actually! But we don't have enough trip-sitters.