Severe obesity can take off 10+ years off your life. I would say thats a pretty serious side effect.
Heart disease, diabetes, liver diseases, kidney diseases, gallbladder diseases, pancreas diseases, cancer, sleep issues, fertility issues, sexual health disfunction, mental health problems, to name a few obesity related side effects
>“Either obesity or big pharma’s newest cash cow”?
Pharma is obviously not the only solution to obesity, but the alternatives don't look like they are working very well so might as well give it a shot.
Also whats with the bias against pharma companies? They made/make some very important drugs that save millions of lives. I am not saying they are the good guys, but they certainly have a financial incentive to make stuff that works - and the markets have spoken that a drug that can effectively "cure" obesity is something very very valuable to people.
These seem like criticisms of the US healthcare system and not against pharma companies in general. The wikipedia article you linked even says so:
> The epidemic has been described as a "uniquely American problem". The structure of the US healthcare system, in which people not qualifying for government programs are required to obtain private insurance, favors prescribing drugs over more expensive therapies.
Also, not all pharma companies are criminals like Purdue pharma.
