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EPISODE · Mar 30, 2026 · 33 MIN

Are Weight Loss Drugs Changing Body Positivity?

from Health & Living · host BFM Media

Thin is back in vogue, but this time not due to diet culture but a quick fix from a drug. With GLP-1 drugs - or what some might colloquially refer to as weight loss drugs - booming in popularity, how are these drugs and the bodies of celebrities who are on it changing our body image ideals? Is the body positivity movement losing hard-earned ground? We speak to social psychologist Prof Dr Viren Swami from Anglia Ruskin University to share what he’s observed from years of studying body image.Image Credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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