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With so many people taking drugs like Ozempic for weight loss, and others who would if they could, some commentators have suggested this could spell the end of obesity. But is there any truth to this?
In the next article of our Ozempic series, food and nutrition scientist Emma Beckett says if we look past the hype, claims of “curing” obesity aren’t true. Responses to the drug are variable, with some people non-responders. And it’s unclear if its effectiveness will wane over time.
But according to Beckett, the Ozempic buzz is likely to fuel fat-phobia. “The framing of these drugs as a ‘cure’ exacerbates the binary view of thin versus fat, and healthy versus unhealthy, ” she writes. “These are not binary outcomes that are good or bad. Weight and health exist on a spectrum.”
Later in the week, Clare Collins will interrogate claims that taking drugs like Ozempic is “cheating” at weight loss or the “easy way out”. Catch up on the series so far here.
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Emma Beckett, UNSW Sydney
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