Peter Attia· MD
maybe if it were 40 pounds and it was medically a problem I'd say oh let's I'll take the heart rate bump any day of the week
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
maybe if it were 40 pounds and it was medically a problem I'd say oh let's I'll take the heart rate bump any day of the week
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we really know the downside of having a be BMI of 40 right right like you know being insulin resistant having type 2 diabetes having a BMI of 40 uh has such a clear downside that you know the other side of that bed is a pretty easy one to take
I think we could probably say that with a higher degree of certainty for the individual with significant obesity because even if we would have kind of a small bracket of understanding the downside potentially of the drug we really know the downside of having a BMI of 40 right right like you know being insulin resistant having type 2 diabetes having a BMI of 40 uh has such a clear downside that you know the other side of that bed is a pretty easy one to take