Layla AlAmmar, Anti-Obesity Drugs, Maximalism

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Silence Is a Sense is a new novel by Layla AlAmmar: a Kuwaiti now based in Lancashire. Her novel is about a young woman from Syria who's living in a block of flats in a small English city. It's about the people she watches from her window, and how she's settling in after leaving a war zone.

Two out of every three adults in the UK are either overweight or obese. Usually the message is eat less and move more, but is there something else going on? Rachel Batterham, Professor of Obesity, Diabetes and Endocrinology at UCL discusses the critical role of gut hormones in controlling appetite and the drugs that can help keep them in balance. And Jan from Kent talks about what she's learned about the causes of her own problems with weight and why she thinks anti-obesity drugs could change the lives of millions.

We look at the growing trend for ‘more is more’ in home decorating. Maximalism can mean having a riot of different patterns and colours and textures, and also making more space for your treasured objects to go on display. Emma talks to Abigail Ahern, interior designer and author of Everything – A Maximalist Style Guide and Michelle Ogundehin, head judge on BBC2’s Interior Design Masters and author of Happy Inside: How to Harness the Power of Home for Health and Happiness.

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0:00.0	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
0:04.6	My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.
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0:41.0	Hello I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Womensa from BBC. podcasts. Mark reports showing that countries with high levels of overweight people, including the UK,
0:54.8	have the highest death rates from COVID-19, and urging that those people should be prioritized
0:59.9	for vaccination.
1:00.9	But at the same time, there's a new generation of supposedly
1:04.0	game-changing anti-obesity drugs that look highly promising. However, the idea of
1:08.8	these drugs being made available on the NHS makes some people bulk because of the deep-seated belief that if you're
1:14.6	fat it's your fault. 35 million adults and a third of 11 year olds are overweight or
1:20.9	obese in this country.
1:23.0	Take that in.
1:24.1	We're going to be talking to someone who has taken one of these drugs
1:26.5	and had amazing results.
1:28.2	But what is your experience and view?
1:30.5	Would you ever consider taking a drug
1:32.3	to help you lose weight?
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