> I think that as convenient as it would be, depression and the inability to not eat too much are not the same.

> The fact is that you have much more control over one than the other.

Why do you say that? Studies do not agree. How would you assess the difference? Or are you simply coming at this from the perspective of either someone who has never had a weight problem or was able to get out of a weight problem without issue? If the latter you're in the ~1% and your experience is not that of others in the same way as your experience as someone without depression does not align with that of someone who is depressed.

How would you measure your thesis? Certainly it cannot be based on results because, well, I cited them.

As someone who isn't addicted to cigarettes, it's pretty easy to not smoke. My experience does not align with those addicted to cigarettes, and I can appreciate that. Why do you not appreciate that the experience of those with obesity might be different than your own? I am not obese for the record, and I have never taken GLP-1s, but I have been obese and this just makes sense to me.

Just because you have full control over your diet and I have control over smoking does not mean that there are people out there who cannot control their diets and cannot control their smoking.

Maybe depression and obesity are more similar than you are giving credit. Especially since serotonin inhibits appetite and has an integral role in maintaining energy homeostasis.

[1] https://academic.oup.com/edrv/article/40/4/1092/5406261

Is there any data I could provide that would change your mind or is this just a "I heard it growing up so it must be true" kind of thing?