Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice.

DataDave said:

...we're creating a generation dependent on cardiovascular risk...

I understand the concern, but consider this analogy: are we "creating a generation dependent on" blood pressure medication? Cholesterol medication? Thyroid medication?

Obesity is a chronic disease with biological drivers. Treating it with medication is no different from treating any other chronic condition. The "dependency" framing implies weakness or moral failure — neither of which is accurate.

If ongoing medication is what keeps someone healthy, that's successful treatment, not dependency.

Dr.CardioMD said:

DataDave said: ...we're creating a generation dependent on cardiovascular risk...

Adding a me-too, because a thread of one person's experience is not much use.

Moderator note: a post naming a supplier has been edited. Discuss suppliers in the review sections, not here. Tagging this one for the weekly digest.

One concrete data point for the thread. Keep the original post as written when you update it, and add the correction underneath. An edited-away mistake is invisible to the next person who makes it.

Following on from Dr.CardioMD — and this may be the naive question:

How would you tell the difference between that and the alternative explanation?