alt Hacker NewsThe willpower frame actually works pretty well for a lot of people. If not than in our society almost everybody would be obese. This pill will make things worse for the group that hangs out in the treadmills and drinks green and disgusting smoothies.
On topic, very happy this medicine exists, but let's pray god will keep the prescription only for BMI > 35.
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> If not than in our society almost everybody would be obese.
Isn't that already the case. I'm of belief, the failing isn't individual but societal. You have obese toddlers and wild animals in the US.
I don't think this is a failure of willpower, it's a failure to investigate the actual causes of the obesity epidemic. Maybe it's sugar, perhaps it's highly processed oils, etc. Whatever it is, people aren't investigating it thoroughly enough.
> The willpower frame actually works pretty well for a lot of people. If not than in our society almost everybody would be obese.
In the US nearly 75% of the population is overweight and almost half are clinically obese. Sounds like "willpower" isn't working for the vast majority of people.