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MJ's avatar

Tangentially related: The Washington Post recently published an "advice" piece by a Dr Silvana Pannain, an "obesity expert," touting the new "weight loss drugs" as perfectly safe. In their reply to the question "Do people need to take the drugs for life?", Dr Pannain says they do, and claims that their patients want to stay on the drugs and only quit when insurance changes force them off. When asked about side effects, the milder ones are listed and the very serious ones aren't even mentioned. Dr Pannain aggressively pushes the agenda that these drugs are the magic cure for fat people everywhere because, of course, fat people bad!

Dr Pannain made over $13,000 last year in payments directly from Novo-Nordisk, that makes those drugs.

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Janelle's avatar

This is terrifying; no hyperbole. I wish I could take back every dollar I ever gave to Weight Watchers and use it to promote fat acceptance!

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