> (And an intervention based on ozempic is far more likely to cause lasting change than one based on a prescribed behavioral program.)
I was under the impression that for lasting change the behavioral program was pretty much required anyway, unless the patient wants to take Ozempic for the rest of their life. It helps someone go from obese to the point where they can exercise to maintain their health but they still have to eat healthy and exercise afterwards.
Yes: for most obese people, to become not obese and stay so for the rest of their life, lifelong Ozempic is the only thing that works at scale. Behavioural interventions more or less don't work (on an individual level they occasionally do, but on a population level they don't).
I was under the impression that for lasting change the behavioral program was pretty much required anyway, unless the patient wants to take Ozempic for the rest of their life. It helps someone go from obese to the point where they can exercise to maintain their health but they still have to eat healthy and exercise afterwards.