it's going to be similar to, I would say, like, mental health before it was taboo and people didn't understand. And it's like, just pull yourself up on your bootstraps, you know, and put a smile on, just cheer up. It's going to be the same with obesity instead of just like, hey, you need to put the fork down. They're going to understand the biological underpinnings of it. And this doesn't mean we shouldn't be working on our environment too. Yeah, we should be working on the environment. We need to prevent obesity before it occurs, but we also need tools to help treat the obesity once it occurs too.

Okay. What is happening, everyone?

Emily, a body here.

You are listening to episode 278 of hurdle. A wellness-focused podcast where I connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts and industry

CEOs about their highest ties, toughest moments and everything in between. We all go through

hurdles in life and my goal through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate yours

and move with intention so that you can stride toward your own big potential. And of course, have some fun

along the way. First and foremost, I'll address my voice. It's been better, but the show must go on,

literally. So today I am bringing you my conversation with Dr. Spencer Dodolsky. He is the medical director of WW and Sequence. He is also

an obesity and lipid specialist physician. Say that five times fast. Today, we are talking all

about GLP1 medications and extremely controversial topic, something that we've

been talking about now as a society for a greater part of the past year. For those of you

that do not know, GLP1 medications are what we commonly hear to be, OZMPic, Lagovi, medicines that are injected and used as a tool

for weight loss. As someone who personally has a history of weight loss, and Dr. Nodulski and I talk

about that in today's episode, it was really interesting to me when these came on the scene. I'll just give you my stance.

I feel like if you can speak with a physician, you qualify for one of these medications,

and it is something that you are interested in going on, going on, and using it in a safe way,

then you're entirely entitled to do whatever you feel is right for you and your body.

There are two things that concern me. One, that we don't know the longstanding effects of something

like this because they are so new to the market. And also, when individuals abuse these

medications, maybe they obtain something like this from a concierge doctor who may not always play by the rules.

So we talk about both of those things today.

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