[_ywdj]

"Just lose weight" is not that simple and it's unhelpful and cruel to imply that it is.

I personally haven't been seriously obese - moderately overweight at worst - but even then I've experienced how difficult/impossible it is to get down to an ideal weight when also dealing with health complications like auto-immunity, stress/trauma/anxiety/depression, or hormonal issues.

I do know others who struggle with more serious obesity, along with some combination of the aforementioned issues, which when you pay attention turns out to being almost always the case with obesity.

"Just lose weight" is simply not possible.

"Just overcome all your auto-immune, hormonal and emotional issues" is really what you're saying, in which case the response must be "OK, give me about 15 years and a ton of support and patience along the way".

[driverdan]

No one said "just lose weight." I'm not sure where you got that from.

[_ywdj]

The parent to your comment said patients should:

“... use the free, safe, and natural solution (eating less)”

Your comment said:

“you should be incentivized to lose weight and do so”

I’m not sure where the nuance is that my paraphrasing failed to capture.

It’s not as if people don’t already have huge incentives to lose weight. Those that have not lost weight are likely unable to for complex physiological or psychological reasons. Telling people to “eat less” amounts to trolling.

If you or the parent commenter have insights on what methods of weight loss could work for people who have yet to find an effective solution, then there might be an interesting discussion. I do have some insights on this, for what it’s worth.

The parent commenter signaled that they have no such interest, hence the downvoting and the ban after their blatant troll comment downthread.