Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Shift Societal Attitudes on Body Image and Weight Loss
By
RickJWagner
4mo ago· 1 min readenOpinion
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Summary
The article discusses how weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are changing societal attitudes toward body image and weight loss. It presents a case study of a therapy patient who publicly advocated for body positivity but privately wanted to lose weight, highlighting the tension between self-acceptance rhetoric and personal desires for weight loss. The piece suggests these new medications are making it more socially acceptable to openly pursue weight loss without shame.
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In public settings, with friends and colleagues, she spoke easily about self-acceptance and loving yourself as you are.
In private, in my office, she admitted to avoiding mirrors, skipping photos and dreading social events.
People no longer feel obliged to pretend there's something shameful about wanting to be thinner.
People no longer feel obliged to pretend there’s something shameful about wanting to be thinner.
