In the age of Ozempic, body image has morphed. How do we learn to love our bodies?
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USA TODAY
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🗓️ 14 April 2024
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The mass media has pushed skinny on us for decades. And while doctors encourage healthy eating and lower body mass indexes, the body positivity movement supports the inclusion of all shapes and sizes, emphasizing loving the skin you’re in. But there are even more fractures in this conversation when it comes to the newest weight loss fad and object of desire: the drug Ozempic and its competitors like Wegovy and Mounjaro. There is also a dark side to this pursuit of perfection; namely, eating disorders and other health issues, both physical and emotional. Meredith Nisbet, the National Clinical Response Manager for the Eating Recovery Center, an eating disorder treatment center based in Denver, Colorado, joined The Excerpt to discuss the body image debate and how to navigate healthy ways to see ourselves.
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| 0:08.0 | Hello and welcome to the Excerpt, I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Sunday April 14th |
| 0:16.4 | 2024. Why is our relationship with our bodies so complicated? The mass media is pushed skinny on us for decades. |
| 0:31.0 | And while doctors encourage healthy eating and lower body mass |
| 0:34.4 | indexes, the body positive movement supports the inclusion of all shapes and |
| 0:39.2 | sizes, emphasizing loving the skin you're in. |
| 0:43.0 | But there are even more fractures in this conversation |
| 0:45.0 | when it comes to the newest weight loss fat and object of desire, |
| 0:49.0 | the drug Ozimpeck, and its competitors like Wagoi and Munjaro. |
| 0:52.8 | There is also a dark side to this pursuit of perfection, |
| 0:56.2 | namely eating disorders and other health issues, |
| 0:58.9 | both physical and emotional. |
| 1:00.6 | Here to dig into the body image debate is Meredith Nisbet, the National Clinical |
| 1:05.4 | Response Manager for the Eating Recovery Center and Eating Disorder Treatment |
| 1:09.8 | Center based in Denver, Colorado. Thanks for joining us, Meredith. |
| 1:13.0 | Yeah, absolutely. |
| 1:14.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:15.0 | A few years ago, we saw rise in body positive messaging |
| 1:19.0 | recently coinciding with the rise of the use of drugs like Osympic for weight loss. |
| 1:24.8 | There were some body positive influencers who were ashamed when they lost weight, costing |
| 1:29.2 | them followers. |
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