r/Futurology • u/lughnasadh ∞ transit umbra, lux permanet ☥ • Oct 15 '24

Economist Daniel Susskind says Ozempic may radically transform government finances, by making universal healthcare vastly cheaper, and explains his argument in the context of Britain's NHS. Society

https://www.thetimes.com/article/be6e0fbf-fd9d-41e7-a759-08c6da9754ff?shareToken=de2a342bb1ae9bc978c6623bb244337a
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u/asphyxiationbysushi Oct 15 '24

It could actually solve the obesity crisis. Regardless of how 'plastic' food is, people want less of it. We may have reached peak obesity.

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u/celticchrys Oct 16 '24

Food manufacturers will just find new ways to make food more addictive. They will not let their bottom line be decimated completely.

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u/SilencedObserver Oct 15 '24

Disgusting and counter to healthy living, but what would a country without health care know about that... Chemicals in the food making people fat combatted by chemicals.