- Ideally speaking, each one of us wishes to not only stay healthy, energetic, enthusiastic, and sprightly despite advancing age. The modern-day world is fast-paced, cutthroat, very dynamic, and driven by the revolutionary evolution of cutting-edge technology, shaping every aspect of our existence in hitherto unknown ways. This is where humankind is encountering tremendous challenges in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, courtesy of various reasons that are not easily conquerable. Look around the universe, it is palpable that humankind is faced with an existential challenge in fighting obesity, which is posing gigantic challenges for healthcare experts and people, leading to complications. Of course, reasons are innumerable for the present worrying situation.
PC: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- The moot point to ponder over is how we even make earnest attempts at addressing the obesity/weight gain issues without compromising on the organic ways of maintaining a healthy disposition. Since the present-day world is so fast-paced, demanding greater participation vis-à-vis physical and mental contributions to the overall growth of the organization, businesses, and society in general, a healthy lifestyle has been the biggest casualty. Yes, who would not want a quick fix solution to ensure excess weight gained is gotten rid of by cutting corners? As reported, Indians are racing to the new weight loss drugs like they did to processed foods. The most worrying aspect of the same is who’s telling them it’s a vicious circle. Not the healthcare authorities.
PC: BBC
- Evidently, it’s not just the celebrities. Past months have seen many of them shed the kilos so dramatically that they just can’t convince people that it’s not because of the new weight loss drugs (WLDs), no matter how much they deny it. Now it seems that a lot of this speculation may be informed by first-hand experience. So briskly have Indians taken to Mounjaro that this injectable weight loss therapy has seen 42% and 60% month-on-month growth since its March launch. It’s now looking set to displace our pharma market’s long-standing market leaders (an antibiotic and an anti-diabetic). But this WLD, starting at an average monthly cost of Rs. 14,000, is a pricey fad. Also, a worrying one. Note that Indians have acquired mass obesity within a generation.
PC:Sentinel (Assam)
- Its core explanation is no different than America’s, although we have shortened their timeline on this just as we seem to be doing with the WLDs. We began to eat foods that didn’t exist before. Only, alongside embracing America’s chips and colas, it feels like India’s now eating more samosas and jalebis in a day than previous generations got in a year. Ideally, the magic pills, which are weekly injections, should be carefully prescribed to patients who really need them to battle diabetes, heart disease, or other serious obesity. Instead, reports make it clear that the doctors are shilling these WLDs, with little care or caution. Shouldn’t doctors and regulators exercise more caution and proactively introduce regulatory measures to curb the menace? Hopefully, they will.
