Body positivity in the age of Ozempic
People are turning to drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight \u2013 but where do they fit in the body-positivity movement? Today on Post Reports, what some fat activists think of these drugs and how one doctor is talking about these medicines with her patients.
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Some companies are marketing GLP-1 drugs to body-positive influencers in the hopes that they\u2019ll market their products to their followers.
Shane O\u2019Neill is a style reporter at the Post and writes the Style Memo newsletter. When he heard about this marketing push, he reached out to some of these influencers and activists to get their take on whether these drugs had a place in their messaging.
At the same time, many doctors are busy fielding questions from patients who are interested in taking these drugs to lose weight. Mara Gordon is a physician in New Jersey who is trying to stop weight stigma by practicing a size-inclusive approach to medicine \u2013 meaning she doesn\u2019t offer these drugs for weight loss. She doesn\u2019t think that these drugs can cure fatphobia, and so she tries to talk through patients' goals with them and orient the solutions away from weight loss.
\u201cSo let's say I have a patient who doesn't have diabetes, but they say they want to lose weight. So we try to explore that \u2013 what are you hoping to achieve? What feels wrong in your life that feels related to, related to your body size?\u201d
Today\u2019s show was produced by Sabby Robinson. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and mixed by Sean Carter. Thanks to Monica Campbell and Ariel Plotnick.
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