Drugmakers are working hard to convince Americans they need their next-generation weight loss medications. But many come with side effects – and the fact we don't really know what happens long-term.
from the same Chinese researchers showed an association between weight cycling and a 40% higher risk of death, particularly from cardiovascular disease.
"We certainly don't know what will happen if people are on these for the rest of their lives, which is what Novo is suggesting," Chastain said. "We see obesity as a disease and we treat it like having high blood pressure, having type 2 diabetes," she said. No one would expect blood pressure or blood sugar levels to remain just as controlled if someone stopped their medication for those conditions.
Although the American Medical Association decided a decade ago to call obesity a disease, declaring someone"diseased" simply because they have a body-mass index over 30 is inaccurate and perpetuates weight stigma, said Dennis, co-founder of SunCloud Health, a treatment center in the Chicago area.
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