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0 pointsBaculumMeumEst1y ago0 comments

- Significantly increased mortality risk

- Higher rates of cardiovascular disease

- Type 2 diabetes

- Sleep apnea and breathing problems

- Osteoarthritis due to excess pressure on joints

- Multiple types of cancers (colon, breast, endometrial)

- Depression and anxiety from social stigma

- Reduced mobility and quality of life

- Higher medical costs (~$1,429 more annually per person)[1]

- Decreased workplace productivity

- Shorter life expectancy (can reduce by 5-10 years)

Oh no wait, sorry, those are the effects of obesity.

[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19635784/

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consteval1y ago

Right, this is what people aren't understanding.

We already know the side-effects of the alternative because Western society as a whole has been living them.

It's bad. The obesity epidemic causes pretty much everything bad. This drug doesn't just solve one thing, it solves hundreds or thousands of things all at once.

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