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For the longest time people argued if overweight people ate too much or not. I’ve heard plausible sounding arguments on both sides.

It seems Ozempic has answered that question decisively, no? The solution to being overweight is eating less in almost all cases it seems. And feeling less hungry with Ozempic can help get you there.


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rootusrootus10/11/2024

> For the longest time people argued if overweight people ate too much or not.

Maybe uneducated people, but when was the last time anyone seriously doubted that excess calories make you fat? For serious people the discussion has always been about how to reduce the calories, because "just eat less" is provably ineffective. Simple minded people continuously suggest otherwise, but data really doesn't support their intuition at all.

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