I'm just being objective in stating that the evidence suggests that these drugs need to be taken long term to have lasting effects. Not everyone realizes this.
But I think that's okay if it can get people back down to a healthy weight. The health impact from being overweight is serious, and we know that lifestyle intervention has a stunningly abysmal success rate.
Anything we can do to reverse the obesity epidemic is a good thing.
More than fair :) I may have jumped to conclusions there because I generally see that line of thinking from people who go "...and therefore there's no point in taking meds," but you're right that not everyone realizes these are long-term drugs.
I'm just being objective in stating that the evidence suggests that these drugs need to be taken long term to have lasting effects. Not everyone realizes this.
But I think that's okay if it can get people back down to a healthy weight. The health impact from being overweight is serious, and we know that lifestyle intervention has a stunningly abysmal success rate.
Anything we can do to reverse the obesity epidemic is a good thing.