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Also exercise really doesn't burn as many calories as people think. You usually need to work out as much as a pro athlete or olympian to burn a noticeable amount of calories from exercise. The reality is that a lot of Americans just eat too much.


That's why the drug helps. It reduces the overeating.

And it's a relatively simple, relatively easy policy lever, unlike every other proposal.


Exercise changes your metabolism so you burn more calories no matter what you're doing.


Eat and drink! Beer, coke, more beer, more coke.




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