How Drugs Like Ozempic Are Changing What We Think About Weight Loss

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🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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You may have heard about Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro. It’s tough to miss the online chatter, the ads on TV and all the news coverage. They are part of a class of drugs originally designed to treat diabetes, and all three have been shown to help people lose significant amounts of weight. That’s leading to big sales for drug companies and helping change the way we think about weight loss. WSJ’s Ariana Aspuru digs into how these drugs work, the big money involved and what it means for millions of Americans who meet the criteria for obesity. Further reading: Pill for Obesity Has Wall Street Salivating Will Ozempic Change ‘Body Positivity’ for Good? No More Shots: Pill Versions of Ozempic-Like Drugs Are Coming The Drugs That Are Gaining on Ozempic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:18.2	From the Wall Street Journal, this is the future of everything.
0:21.4	I'm Adriana Spudu.
0:23.2	Today, we're bringing you a special episode, all about weight loss drugs, what they do,
0:28.5	how people are getting them, and what this all means for how we think about losing weight.
0:35.0	Odds are, you've seen an ad or an online post about a new kind of weight loss drug, and
0:39.6	it can feel like these ads are everywhere.
0:42.1	Here in New York, I see them all the time on the subway, but they're also on billboards
0:46.9	along the highway, on TV, with a jingle that gets stuck in your head.
0:55.8	When people are talking about these medications, a lot, there's even a song about them.
1:06.5	So they've become such a cultural moment, but aside from the huge buzz around these drugs,
1:12.1	there's real evidence that they've been effective in helping some people lose weight.
1:16.5	Doctors are recommending them to their patients, many of whom are seeing positive results.
1:22.3	Before we get into it, it's important to say that there's a lot going on with these medications,
1:26.3	and we're publishing new stories almost every day.
1:28.7	We're not going to get into all of it here.
1:30.9	So what will we be doing?
1:33.7	Telling you just how these main three drugs, ozemic, wagovi, and manjaro, are changing how
1:38.9	we think about weight loss.
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