Few drugs have captured public attention like Ozempic; many of us have even taken it. The type 2 diabetes medication, generically known as semaglutide, has received unprecedented attention in the press and the medical community for its ability to trigger profound weight loss.
Although this popularity betrays a certain bias against people of higher weight, the reasons for these drugs’ media stardom isn’t hard to grasp: they work and they are safe with relatively few side effects for most people. Indeed, it's often described as a "wonder drug." That hasn’t stopped a torrent of fat phobia and often frankly hateful cultural attitudes towards weight the drugs have helped fuel, despite having benefits and risks like any other medication.
