Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonism - GLP-1, common in obesity medicines - is not essential to weight management, according to preclinical research led by Richard DiMarchi and Matthias Tschöp, with funding from their startup company Bluewater Biosciences.
“social factors” = “i have NO CHOICE but to eat this pie because everyone else is”
LOL ok bud.
nice talking
edit: i have to be honest: i too would love to adopt the stance of “i ate 5000 calories yesterday and it’s everyone and everything else’s fault except for mine,” and everyone’s free to believe that, or whatever they choose. but i’ll never sit here and say that’s a valid argument, or that weight loss is a “myth.” no, it’s not easy, but “not easy” does NOT equal impossible, and my opinion is that making such claims is dishonest and harmful
No, social factors like the price of processed vs healthy food, the amount of sugar and salt companies are allowed put in food specifically to addict consumers, the food our culture uses to celebrate, the stressors and social pressures that we know drive people towards dopamine sources like high caloric foods, cities designed to discourage walking, etc.
Edit: no one’s claiming what you’re saying. Individual behaviour is a factor in most disease. Focusing on the individual behaviour piece has proved to be completely ineffective at producing weightloss. That’s just a fact. And yet we keep doing it like it’s suddenly going to work. It won’t. You could tell people not to go to work in winter so they don’t catch a cold, but they won’t do that.
Plus highly engineered garbage designed to fuel addiction. But it’s not impossible. I’m not paying $8 for 3lbs Mandarins; but I’ll pay $4 for 3 lbs of naval oranges.
Eating less donuts is cheaper than eating more donuts. If price is your motivator, I have good news for you!
Okay, but hear me out, have you tried this pie? It’s delicious!