Yea, there is quite a lot of survivorship bias in this comparison. "People who succeeded at controlling hunger and improving diet" vs "People who stopped taking their medicine". It is very unsurprising.
Where do you see that they are comparing "people who succeeded" in the study?
I'm not the best at reading medical studies, but it seems to me like they are taking averages over all subjects in the randomized controlled trials, not just "successful" subjects.
You can't regain weight without having lost it first.
A "fair" comparison would be to compare weight gain of people who lost weight naturally, with Ozempic users who _would have_ lost weight naturally, but it's not really possible to know which Ozempic users fall into that category.
wasabi991011|1 month ago
I'm not the best at reading medical studies, but it seems to me like they are taking averages over all subjects in the randomized controlled trials, not just "successful" subjects.
hamandcheese|1 month ago
A "fair" comparison would be to compare weight gain of people who lost weight naturally, with Ozempic users who _would have_ lost weight naturally, but it's not really possible to know which Ozempic users fall into that category.