> I notice now that there is a LOT of judgement, bias(?), around obesity, that people, obese or not, carry with them [1]. I certainly carried that bias, and the reason I noticed it was because Ozempic is literally an external substance that you take that simply makes obesity go away. So if you believe (like most of us unconsciously do) that obesity is a personal failing or an issue of willpower, an issue of personal merit -- HOW is it possible that a chemical pill, an external chemical process, can SO effectively resolve it? When no amount of hectoring and moralizing and willpower can? My inability to square that circle really changed my thinking about obesity in a fundamental way.

I see no contradiction here. That ozempic works doesn't imply that willpower isn't real or that people can't lose weight via diet and exercise.

> My view: It is a health condition, that people do not choose. Not unlike diabetes, celiac, or clinical depression. We should be focused on how to improve the lives of people who suffer with that health condition. We all agree insulin is unequivocally a good thing; that it's not a "personal failure" or "cheating" to take insulin; that it really is simple as, diabetes is a health condition and insulin is used to treat it. Ozempic? Same. Exact. Thing.

I'm very suspicious of "it's a health condition" applied to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and even depression. I absolutely believe that some people will be able to avoid or cure those "conditions" by changing their behavior. Of course that doesn't imply that there should be a taboo against medication to help people who can't. But my concern is that "it's a health condition" discourages people from examining their choices and making good ones.