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The Dr. Phil Podcast

Childhood Obesity: A Shot To Thinness?

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.413.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Phil meets two mothers, Suzie and Deana, who say they have struggled with obesity until the miracle GLP-1 shot helped them to lose weight. Now they want their teens, 14 year old Jeremiah and 16 year old Demi, to do the same. Should children be on the GLP-1 drug for weight loss?  Gynecologist Dr. Jaime Seeman says absolutely not.  Plus, body positivity activist, Virgie Tovar says teens on weight loss drugs are more likely to develop an eating disorder. 
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0:00.0

I've been bullied about my weight since I was 11 years old.

0:03.5

She started out at 198 pounds, and she's down to 140 pounds.

0:08.3

Does anybody disagree that if we can stop childhood obesity from a health standpoint that we should?

0:16.3

What happens when you put a child on a diet is that you actually...

0:20.0

Nobody said anything about dieting.

0:21.6

You're wanting to ignore health because you want to run a social agenda.

0:24.6

This may sound shocking to you, but we've reframed an obesity epidemic that affects nearly 20% of children in America, and we know it will have significant lifelong health consequences, heart disease, breathing problems, joint problems, gallstones, anxiety, depression, greater risk of stroke, and many types of cancer.

0:59.2

Now, that's some pretty negative outcomes, don't you think?

1:02.6

So how are we going to handle it?

1:05.4

By embracing the body positivity movement?

1:09.6

It's a movement that promotes acceptance of all bodies, regardless of the body positivity movement? It's a movement that promotes acceptance of all bodies

1:14.0

regardless of size, shape, skin tone, gender, and physical abilities.

1:19.2

Even those who pushed body positivity

1:22.2

have fallen victim to the tragic effects of obesity.

1:33.3

Now, these four social media influencers were swept up by the movement that claims obesity is perfectly healthy.

1:35.3

The tragic truth is they have all died under the age of 45 from health issues related to obesity. Now look, there's nothing wrong with loving ourselves

1:49.3

or our bodies if we're being realistic about what love means. Now, Susie and her 14-year-old son

1:58.8

both had a reality check

2:01.6

when they were each pushing over 300 pounds.

2:06.6

Susie says she found a miracle way to lose weight,

2:10.6

and now she wants her son to have a shot to thinness as well.

2:14.6

I'm here to share my weight loss journey using Dr. Prescribed GLP 1 medication and taking my son

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