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Pharmaceutical Industry Is Bankrolling Obesity Group That Promotes ‘Body Positivity’
The Federalist ^ | JUNE 19, 2024 | TRISTAN JUSTICE

Posted on 06/19/2024 4:13:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: lightman

Nothing says buy our product, better than a bunch of fat women dancing.
No one wants to watch that, but they push it on us anyway.


21 posted on 06/19/2024 6:09:37 PM PDT by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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To: Texan5

I’m talking about population wide, you seem to be wanting to respond to someone claiming that no men are susceptible to these advertising battles for gullible people, instead, read my posts.


22 posted on 06/19/2024 6:18:55 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: BipolarBob

That sounds very strange for type 2 diabetes-to have spikes like that, especially if she is eating right, not overweight, etc. I hope she stays in control and does not have any side effects-I know you are being supportive and will help in any way you can...


23 posted on 06/19/2024 6:21:51 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

It is entirely inexplicable. She has a CGM monitor and eats zero carbs for breakfast. 2 eggs over easy, two pieces of chicken bacon and a half avocado. That is zero carbs. Without Jardiance her glucose will jump 100 points. It defies explanation. If we were rich we’d go to the mayo Clinic but we do what we have to do. Medicine is to treat 90% of the people 90% of the time. If you fall out of that graph, shame on you.


24 posted on 06/19/2024 6:27:20 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I was drowning in self pity until I bathed in the refreshing Lake of Respect.)
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To: ansel12

I responded politely based on my experience to your statement/question-I don’t survey people of either sex for their response or susceptibility to advertising. And I read your query literally, not referring to your posts or anyone else’s. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, sir...


25 posted on 06/19/2024 6:32:51 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

No you didn’t, my comments were about the male and female, and advertising and weakness in mass persuasion for mass adoption of the new thing, the same sort of thing we see in political persuasion.


26 posted on 06/19/2024 6:39:07 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

And I said that in my experience the under 40-45 men are the ones who want new drugs vs pt, diet etc. That is based on mostly my comp clients, but I have no idea whether it is because they were persuaded by friends, by a TV commercial, a doc-or the good fairy. I just know what I see and what goes into my report to the insurance carrier. Of course male or female, they are steered to PT and diet for weight loss and rehab first, always.

Do I think that pharma uses advertising for mass persuasion for adoption of a new drug just as politicians do for a new thing? Oh, hell yes, and it is just as underhanded and calculated-I don’t think they really aim at the sex of the person-they just both use the magic spell/potion approach they know wins the most gullible people. Excuse the sentiments, but deceptive advertising means you have a lousy product/idea to sell...


27 posted on 06/19/2024 8:14:38 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

You never figured out what I was posting about.


28 posted on 06/19/2024 8:17:38 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Lizavetta
Fat people result in fat people diseases. No wonder the pharmas are thrilled. Could their ploy be any more obvious?


29 posted on 06/19/2024 8:22:49 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Texan5
The dancing, singing fat people in the Jardience commercials are supposed to have type 2 diabetes, too.

I read "Jardience" as "Larddance" at first.

Not inappropriate, actually.

30 posted on 06/20/2024 9:11:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

LMAO! Totally appropriate-and now I will be thinking “larddance” every time I see that commercial...


31 posted on 06/20/2024 12:21:46 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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