[thefz]

> Why not just lose weight by eating less? I know that sounds like a dumb question.

Because it requires willpower and discipline, this just a pill/injection doing all the heavy work for you. Hence the success in USA. There are countries where this drug is semi unknown.

[cthalupa]

And it's becoming more and more known because obesity is a growing problem for nearly the entirety of the developed world.

If you're so convinced that obesity is a moral failing, then just put 'no fatties and no fake skinny glp-1 users' in your tinder profile, and all of the rest of us can move on with our days.

[thefz]

Speaking of obese - not overweight - I think I can name two people I actually met in person. Maybe one more if I really think about it? Don't know.

Maybe it is but just in a certain part of the world.

[cthalupa]

I don't know where you live, but the places where obesity isn't on the rise are heavily outnumbered by the places where it is. It's a global problem.

Easy and cheap access to calorie dense food and food heavy in sugars seems to nearly universally be something that significant portions of the population have difficulty resisting overindulging in, regardless of culture.