"But it also raises questions about the role of medicine versus addressing the root causes of these issues. Should we rely on medications to combat the consequences of a broken food system, or should we be working to fix that system altogether?"
This is the most important part, in my opinion. I haven't heard about Wegovy but in my country, Portugal, Ozempic was on the news maybe a year ago because it was not available for those who really needed it for their diabetes because many people were taking it to lose weight. That's not good.