Half of world on track to be overweight by 2035

[Nearly Sane]

Headline makes it sound like an achievement.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64831848

[Udayana]

Clearly we need more drugs!

New drugs could spell an end to the world’s obesity epidemic

A new type of drug is generating excitement among the rich and the beautiful. Just a jab a week, and the weight falls off. Elon Musk swears by it; influencers sing its praises on TikTok; suddenly slimmer Hollywood starlets deny they have taken it. But the latest weight-loss drugs are no mere cosmetic enhancements. Their biggest beneficiaries will be not celebrities in Los Angeles or Miami but billions of ordinary people around the world whose weight has made them unhealthy.
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[Nearly Sane]

Clearly we need more drugs!

New drugs could spell an end to the world’s obesity epidemic

Wow! That's the puffiest of puff pieces. I feel stuffed just reading it.

[Udayana]

Yeah, there seems to be bubble growing behind this class of drug - and for issues other than diabetes and obesity too.

[Udayana]

Update:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/12/revealed-experts-who-praised-new-skinny-jab-received-payments-from-drug-maker

The drug giant behind weight loss injections newly approved for NHS use spent millions in just three years on an “orchestrated PR campaign” to boost its UK influence.

As part of its strategy, Novo Nordisk paid £21.7m to health organisations and professionals who in some cases went on to praise the treatment without always making clear their links to the firm, an Observer investigation has found.