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Podcast: The Cross Cut
Episode: Obesity Drugs / Brittany Runs a Marathon
Description: Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly has created a drug that has reduced the weight of "obese" people by 50 pounds. Yay? This week, we look at what words like "obese" and "overweight" actually mean, why they don't necessarily have anything to do with health, and why the medical community is still pretending that they do. We also ask the important questions, ones apparently left out of the regular news: does reducing your weight actually result in lowering mortality (hint: no)? Does it reduce your risk of diabetes or heart attack (hint: we don't know)? Does it cost a ton of money (hint...