Is covering weight loss drugs in the end less expensive than having obese people who clearly may or will have multiple serious long term on going health care issues? My wife is in primary care and very few plans cover it. Moreover, you have to be obsess when they do cove it I think BMi over 30.
It’s an ass backwards way to treat the problem. Enable people to live an unhealthy lifestyle and then the solution prescription drugs. A patient may or may not lose weight, but if they continue to live an unhealthy lifestyle, it is only masking the problem.
And have you read the contraindications on the package inserts of those weight loss drugs? Some really bad side effects that will affect a percentage of users.
Obesity is a huge problem in the country. But in Europe there are many additives in foods that are banned and allowed here. Maybe we need to at least start there.
Actually, Europeans in general eat much healthier than we do. I spend a lot of time in Europe (just spend a week in Sweden). Portion control, healthier choices, exercise (walking), etc. Additives? Why do we have a higher percentage of childhood health issues, like food allergies, ADHD, etc.?
We should be much more proactive than we are as a country. How about mandatory dietary and healthy living education each year in school? If I see one school that serves hotdogs and pizza for lunch, we should fire the board of education.
Spent a couple of days in my free time walking around Stockholm. If one percent of the population is obese, that’s a lot. 160 attendees at the meeting I was at…zero, nada, not one obese person.