How healthy is America’s renewed love affair with weight loss medications?

While some may be taking them for medically valid reasons, the trend is worrying eating disorder experts and signaling a cultural shift away from body positivity

For a while it was a secret that only the A-listers were in on. Now, however, Ozempic - the diabetes drug that is being used off-label as an appetite suppressant - is everywhere. Ads for the medication are ubiquitous on US TV screens, videos of people documenting their Ozempic use are all over TikTok, and people like Elon Musk are loudly singing its praises. So many people are now popping Ozempic, Wegovy and other appetite-suppressing medications, that the effect is reportedly being felt in grocery aisles across America.