[singulaire]

If the function of the pill is solely to mimic exercise, then it does not offer any new treatment. Obesity and diabetes can be treated just as well right now, and the treatment is exercise.

[vinceguidry]

Obesity and diabetes are not treated with exercise, they're treated with diet. Exercise helps, but neither condition responds to exercise alone.

[Dylan16807]

Or, or, hear me out here: what if you took the pill and exercised?

There's only so many hours in the day. If a pill could perfectly mimic sleep, would you not take some?