Effects of GLP-1 weight loss drugs on the economy

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    I found this article logical but fascinating. It’s about the effects on the US economy, but it will also affect the economies of all countries with overweight people and people who perceive themselves as overweight.

    With Argentine women’s obsession on their hair, nails, and weight, they are an obvious target for the industry. Will empanada shops be closing?

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    Not in Buenos Aires. In his novel Bonfire of the Vanities, writer Tom Wolfe referred to “Social X-rays,” meaning society women “who, despite being invited to all the best parties and offered the most delicious canapés, were thin to the point of revealing the structure of the body beneath the skin.”

    While we don’t see a lot of those in BsAs, we do see women who seem to forego food in order to sport the perfect body. And who have standing appointments for regular hair styling, leg waxing, and mani-pedi treatments. Chivilcoy doesn’t have those?

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    While we don’t see a lot of those in BsAs, we do see women who seem to forego food in order to sport the perfect body. And who have standing appointments for regular hair styling, leg waxing, and mani-pedi treatments. Chivilcoy doesn’t have those?

    No doubt there will be but not to the same extent as BA. Most of the women here who have cash to spend don't seem to bother about such things. They're more used to mucking out in the countryside.