Around the world, drugs that suppress appetite are all the rage for weightloss. We’ve taken to them faster than any diet. Could the war on fat finally be over?
Have you been on a diet lately? Have you bought a diet book? Gone to see a “weightloss consultant”? Watched a diet video? Starved yourself for 18 hours because you are on an intermittent fasting diet? Looked longingly at a slice of toast that you are not allowed to eat because of your carb-free diet? Weighed yourself every day after coming back from the gym to check how much weight you have lost?
The craze for weightloss drugs has gripped Americans almost instantly. (ADOBE STOCK)
All the new weightloss drugs rely on the old-fashioned approach: Eat fewer calories and you lose weight. (ADOBE STOCK)Trendy diets claim that calories don’t matter. But according to weightloss drugs, they make a difference. (ADOBE STOCK)There are 300 new weightloss drugs in the works, the world over. (ADOBE STOCK)The older diet book industry is trying to repackage itself as the wellness book industry. (ADOBE STOCK)