It's been three years since the COVID-19 pandemic officially began in the US.

A blockbuster study suggesting masking is ineffective was ineffective.

President Biden's 2024 budget calls for $20 billion for public health, bolstering Medicare,

and capping insulin prices across the board.

This is America Dissective.

I'm your host, Dr. Abdul-Asaev.

Today we're talking about body weight.

I know what you may be thinking.

Abdul, didn't we just do an episode about this a few months ago?

It's true.

Back in January, I talked to Professor Harriet Brown, author of Body of Truth about weight

stigma, and all the ways our obsession with weight can cause harmed individuals and society.

But we'd always wanted that to be the first conversation in a broader discussion about

body weight and obesity in the US.

And since that conversation, well, that conversation's gotten a lot more pressing, and it all

goes back to a new blockbuster medication.

You've almost definitely heard of by now.

What started as a common diabetes medication has now become the hot celebrity drug for weight

loss and is now evolved into a full-scale national trend.

I just start dropping pounds left and right.

The topic ozempic has over 300 million views, with scores of users crediting the drug

for their weight loss success.

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