This is the Guardian.

Today, could the new generation of weight loss drugs end

diet culture forever?

Quick warning before we start. This episode does talk in depth about weight loss.

If you have an eating disorder or struggle with food issues, please take extra care while listening.

Around 64% of adults in England are currently overweight or obese.

30 years ago, in 1993, that figure was closer to 53%.

The current trend has become an urgent priority for the NHS.

If current trends continue, more than half of all adults and over a quarter of children and young people in the country will be clinically obese by 2050.

The usual patient that we get has been trying all the diets under the sun.

They've been on all the medicines under the sun and the field.

The bigger we get, the more likely we are to be susceptible to myriad health problems, diabetes, heart disease, infertility, cancers,

with billions of pounds being spent on trying to break the cycle between excess weight and poor health.

But what if a simple jab or pill could offer a quick fix?

A new generation of slimming drugs, semi-glutide injections and pills have taken the world by storm.

There's a good chance you've heard about the drug ozemic in recent weeks.

The diabetes and obesity medication also sold as wagovi has been making headlines as many social media influencers credit the injections as a quick fix for weight loss.

Celebrities have jumped on the bandwagon, taking unchecked risks to shift a few pounds.

Like a year ago I tried it. You know, you try it.

And I was one of the people that felt so sick and couldn't play with my son.

I was so skinny and I was just like, he was throwing a ball at me and I was like,

you're like, okay, this isn't livable for me, but I immediately invested.

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