Ozempic And Future Weight Loss Drugs Will Turn Humanity Into Sloths
Why the magic pill for obesity isn’t the cure to our problems
I have an interesting relationship with weight, food, and health. For the first quarter of my life, I was morbidly obese. It was a rarity when I wasn’t the fattest person in the room.
A good portion of my diet consisted of candy, fast food, soda, and every other garbage imaginable. If that wasn’t bad enough, exercise was a rarity, and my favorite sports were video games.
After hitting 180lbs in fourth grade — the weight of a full-grown man — I changed my dietary habits and started lifting weights. By high school, I remained 180lbs. The entire process took about four years or so and wasn’t easy.
Inevitably, one single change didn’t do the trick, it involved slowly moving my entire lifestyle to something healthier. Ever since, weight loss, exercise, and health have always interested me.
So, a recent blockbuster weight loss drug called Ozempic caught my attention. Author Johann Hari in his book Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs, claims they are as advertised — magic pills (or injections in Ozempic’s case).
