[justrealist]

Are you really trying to blame obesity on doctors? Impressive.

[arcticbull]

It is in a sense their fault for prescribing something (diet and exercise) we have known is utterly ineffective for over a hundred years. Likely because until now there weren't non-surgical alternatives, and caloric restriction and exercise do have other non-weight-loss benefits.

[ceejayoz]

No, they’re ignoring the medical fact that “tell people to lose weight” has a basically zero percent success rate.

The only intervention known to work reliably was bariatric surgery until stuff like Ozempic showed up recently.