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We're at the beginning of an era where maybe in 10 years time, we'll think about obesity

management, chronic weight management, just like we do hypertension today. If you have high blood

pressure, we treat it. We don't accept non-treatment. It's malpractice not to treat it, actually.

And yet, today, we walk into an office and if someone is overweight, we think of that as something

else. Hello and welcome to the Baron StreetWise podcast. I'm Jack Howe. The voice you just heard

is David Ricks. He's the CEO of Eli Lilly, which just announced a big new breakthrough in obesity

treatment. We'll talk about that in here from David plus a top Wall Street analyst. And you might

be shocked to hear what one nurse practitioner says that obesity drugs have done for her beauty

and wellness clinic. Listening in is our audio producer, Metta. Hi, Metta. Hey, Jack.

So my summer slim down is not really going according to plans so far. Oh, no.

I'm very exercise adjacent because when I'm not working, the kids have a lot of sports,

you know, camps and clinics where they have leagues and games. And so I'm always taking them

around somewhere. I drive them somewhere, often somewhere far. And then I sit and I watch them play.

I'm very close to physical fitness, but I've not actually, you know, it doesn't work that way.

You can't just be close to it. That's not work. I might be developing tournament belly as a matter of

fact because you eat some fast food when you're traveling like that. So there's that. And plus,

you and I have talked off the podcast about my recent wicked tuna habit. Bottom line is these fish

are worth money. Big money. That's why we're here. That's why we play this game.

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