More than 75% of US adults may meet criteria for obesity under new definition: Study

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21. Some of the effects now being

seen are worse than just looking anorexic. One of the big issues i have is it's a lifetime drug. As soon as you stop the drug the weight comes back. Healthy weight doesn't have a black and white answer, which is one of the reasons the US won't discover "the answer".

I was obese all my life. Tried every diet out there, counted calories and worked out until all I did was go to work, count calories, and exercise. Nothing helped long term. One day, my rheumatologist put me on Lyrica and I gained 20 pounds in one month, despite not changing my... what would be called "good" habits... even exercising thru fibro and lupus pain. Next visit Doc took me off the drug, of course. I immediately began dropping weight. I went from over 200 lbs to 86... and I have to fight to keep that number up. Like I said, there is no black and white answer. I'm sure the Lyrica was only coincidentally connected to my weight loss... but I also personally knew another who had my exact consequences. Why? No idea. The only thing she and I had in common besides being female is we're both short.

Finding mechanisms that help people are going to end up being personal to each, IMO. But we want a one size fits all, preferably a pill we can swallow once a day. And I honestly don't believe that will ever happen. But this is the US and we no longer believe in Science... sigh.