How Ozempic Transformed the Way We Look at Obesity

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, are being called “miracle drugs” with users boasting about their fast results. Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes a deep dive into how they disrupted the entire weight loss industry and changed the conversation about obesity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's an industry that's slimming waistlines and creating huge profits.
0:11.0	New drugs used to treat diabetes and obesity.
0:14.0	There's Manjaro, there's Wiggovi, there's Ozympic.
0:18.0	Bonjaro, that's what I used.
0:20.0	There has been a weight loss revolution.
0:22.6	To lose 40, 60 pounds, your body feels better.
0:27.6	It's been fueled and popularized lately by high-profile personalities.
0:31.6	You've been working on your health?
0:32.6	No, that's O-ZMPIC.
0:34.6	I'm down 50 pounds.
0:35.6	And social media influencers. I'm down 50 pounds. And social media influencers.
0:38.2	I am 55.2 freaking pounds down.
0:43.9	You hear a lot of boasting of fast results on even calling these drugs a miracle.
0:49.1	Thank you, Jesus, for these injections.
0:52.6	What they are, are a brand new class of medications
0:55.7	that are fundamentally changing the way we think
0:58.0	about weight and how to lose it.
1:00.7	It's even changing the way we look at our own bodies
1:03.3	and food itself.
1:05.6	There has never been a more exciting time
1:08.5	to work within the field of obesity.
1:11.6	Essentially the more we make, the more gets used.
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