[Aurornis]

They aren’t marketed as bankrupting fast food. They’re marketed as weight loss drugs, which is honest and accurate.

The stories about bankrupting the fast food industry were from journalists looking for sensational stories to write, not from the marketers.

> Seems like another instance of create a problem ("food" industry) and sell a recurring "solution" (big pharma).

There is no conspiracy between the food industry and pharmaceutical companies. They’re all just selling products that people demand.

[afavour]

> The stories about bankrupting the fast food industry were from journalists looking for sensational stories to write, not from the marketers.

Those are not necessarily disconnected. Marketers pitch stories, they fund studies they know will show X outcome, etc etc, which are picked up by journalists.

[Aurornis]

Do you have any evidence of this happening, like a link to the studies you’re talking about? Or is this just speculation?