The prevalence of obesity is 41.9% according to the CDC. Obesity-related conditions include  heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer. These are among the leading causes of preventable, premature death.
The estimated annual medical cost of obesity in the United States was nearly $173 billion in 2019 dollars. Medical costs for adults who had obesity were $1,861 higher than medical costs for people with healthy weight.

Semaglutide is a medication FDA approved for Obesity but as many other drugs that begin its use for one illness have been used to treat other things as well. For example Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) was FDA approved in 1955, since then it has been approved for the treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis and Lupus.

Misinformation is just at harmful as false information. Obesity is not just about beauty standards, it is a medical condition and deserves treatment as much as diabetes. Furthermore, about 90% of people with type 2 diabetes are obese or overweight (BMI of at least 25). Obesity is medically defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m or more – is a major independent risk factor for developing diabetes.

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