Last week, Oprah Winfrey enthusiastically endorsed GLP-1 drugs in an hour-long special on primetime television, opening up a national conversation about treatments for obesity. We believe the conversation should be taken in a different direction. Our Chief Medical Officer, Lisa Shah, penned the following response, published in STAT yesterday. While GLP-1s will have a role to play for some, they are expensive, unsustainable for most, and address the symptom rather than the cause of chronic metabolic disease. Read Lisa’s oped here: https://lnkd.in/eYpxzkth
Love this! Thank you! I agree 100%
Yes! We need to teach people how to eat differently. We need to identify strategies for eating healthy for your medical conditions. Bandaids only treat the problem till it falls off!