The Controversy Surrounding Ozempic's Weight Loss Effects.

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Source: The Guardian
The Controversy Surrounding Ozempic's Weight Loss Effects.
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The author, who had lost 55lb through healthy lifestyle changes, reflects on the societal pressure to be thin and the recent rise of Ozempic, a new injectable drug that promotes weight loss. She criticizes the current body positivity movement for being too focused on self-love and not enough on community activism, and argues that pursuing thinness at any cost only reinforces fatphobia. She encourages acceptance of different body sizes and achieving true body positivity, rather than the corporatized version.

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