@kelvin we're the same, we have scales at home at used to carry them everywhere, but can "guesstimate" now..
I found the hardest things are places like Costa or Starbucks, where my daughter wants a "fruit cooler", you take 10 minutes to find the item on their app, only to find it has twice the sugar of a proper Coke
"Can we have the bottle/can to read the carbs please?" ... > confused look <
If you give someone an easy crutch to lean on, without educating them properly, then 9 times out of 10 they’ll take the easier option.
Taking the easy option is human nature.
Yes it would be great if everyone ate healthily, but that's just not going to happen....
If this drug can reduce obesity and help people avoid / put in remission T2, then it will save the NHS and UK PLC billions. That can only be a good thing...
The drug price will plummet once it comes off patent in a few years, so this could be a really cheap long term way of tackling obesity.
I sincerely hope that this drug won’t be abused by those just wanting to lose a stone or two without the effort and discipline required.
Prejudiced much? Obesity is a disease, it can be incredibly difficult to lose weight, hence the prevalence of obesity.
As a previously reasonably fit, now very fat person I have struggled for the last 20 years.
Telling people to have self discipline implies "eat less" is like asking them to not drink when they are thirsty or not breath when they are out of breath.
Take ozempic (semaglutide) as a type 2 diabetic (not a fatlad i have a damaged pancreas) it does supress appetite and makes you feel full quicker. However its not an easy ride - nauseous a lot of the time and if you don't eat little and often you feel dreadful. Also its a weekly injection and it does "wear off" by day six. Once you stop appetite returns with a vengeance.
@5plusn8
Not prejudiced at all, although I can see how that came across. That's why I used the word "wanting' rather than "needing". I understand clinical obesity and many of the causes and effects and totally empathise.
Actually, I think the more I attempt to elucidate, the messier this will become, so maybe I'll just shut up.
