Thoughts on Ozempic from a body-positive doctor

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🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The popular weight loss drug Ozempic makes shedding pounds seem like magic. But the reality is more complicated, says family physician Dr. Mara Gordon. She explains why it's hard to talk about Ozempic without addressing weight stigma and diet culture.

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0:28.0	Hey everyone, I'm Stacey Vanick Smith inframarial Segara. Ozempick.
0:29.4	A few years ago most of us had never even heard of it and today it is hard to avoid hearing about it.
0:35.4	The slimming side effects of diabetes drugs Ozempick and Manjaro have made them
0:40.3	very popular for weight loss.
0:43.0	More than 9 million people are now taking the prescription weight loss drug,
0:47.0	along with similar drugs like Wagovey and Rowe.
0:50.0	O'ZMIG has been showing up all over social media and Hollywood and award shows.
0:55.4	Oprah reveals she's on weight loss medication.
0:58.9	The celebrity recently made headlines for her body transformation after hitting the red carpet for the color purple
1:04.4	premiere, rocking a stunning dress that showed off her slim figure.
1:08.9	But what about the rest of us?
1:11.2	Dr. Mar Gordon is a family medicine practitioner in New Jersey and she
1:14.8	considers herself to be a size inclusive doctor. So I like weight inclusive. I
1:19.5	like size inclusive. I like weight neutral. It's really medicine that tries to step away from
1:25.5	our obsession with weight and body size and medicine. Recently many of Dr. Gordon's
1:31.7	own patients have been asking her about Ozempe, telling her they're interested in a prescription.
1:36.7	They want to try this magical weight loss drug. Dr Gordon says the results of this have been surprising some good some bad some totally
1:46.4	unexpected medicine's complicated that's why I'm in this field because I like it and I like
1:50.8	the messiness of it Dr Gordon actually wrote an essay for NPR about her experiences and she's been on Life Kit a few times as well.
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