Unintended Effects – Obesity Drugs

  • Obesity drugs have now been clinically proven to reduce body weight by 15% or more in some people.
  • This could have profound second-order effects that are worth thinking about.
  • This Guardian article is a good start.
  • One such effect comes from the drugs themselves – anecdotally they seem to suppress addictive behaviours.
  • Another is a boon for minimally-invasive skin tightening devices (if you want to read full transcript two-week free trial here).
  • This interview with the scientists that originally investigated GLP-1 is also interesting to read – especially the point that repulsion to food might reduce these drugs’ long-term use.
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