{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a8c199151ed042f111eb8ce/6aa8099321d99c0533bff90b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ozempic Shrinks Everything Except the Shame","description":"<p>What are we supposed to think about weight in 2026?</p><p><br></p><p>A Matter of Fat is a new podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly changing conversation around them.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by journalist Rose Stokes, who brings 30 years of lived experience with weight and obesity, and Dr Giles Yeo, a University of Cambridge scientist who has spent three decades studying the genetics of body weight, this podcast brings together lived experience and science without pretending to have all the answers.</p><p><br></p><p>In our first episode, we confront the elephant in the room: Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and the arrival of GLP-1 weight-loss medications.</p><p><br></p><p>We cover:</p><p><br></p><p>• What GLP-1 medications actually do inside the body</p><p>• Why weight and appetite are not simply a matter of willpower</p><p>• Rose and Giles’ own experiences of taking weight-loss medication</p><p>• Why Giles kept his Wegovy use secret and felt like a fraud</p><p>• Whether weight-loss drugs really cause muscle loss</p><p>• Why weight stigma can make losing weight harder, not easier</p><p>• Plus, we fact-check “nature’s Ozempic” and revisit Rose’s disastrous experience with Orlistat</p><p><br></p><p>FOLLOW to stay up to date with A Matter of Fat.</p><p><br></p><p>RESOURCES:</p><p><br></p><p>Pennington Biomedical Research Center: Food noise study</p><p>https://www.pbrc.edu/news/media/2026/food-noise-eco.aspx</p><p><br></p><p>The Food Noise Questionnaire</p><p>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oby.24216</p><p><br></p><p>UCL and BMC Medicine: 1.6 million UK adults used weight-loss drugs in the past year</p><p>https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1111695</p><p><br></p><p>Major, Rathbone, Blodorn and Hunger: The Countervailing Effects of Weight Stigma on Weight-Loss Motivation and Perceived Capacity for Weight Control</p><p>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167220903184</p><p><br></p><p>Sutin and Terracciano: Perceived Weight Discrimination and Obesity</p><p>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0070048</p><p><br></p><p>FIND US 👇</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amatteroffatpod/</p><p>Rose Stokes: https://www.instagram.com/rosestokes/</p><p>Giles Yeo: https://www.instagram.com/gilesyeo/</p><p><br></p><p>Questions, thoughts, constructive criticism or a story you want to share?</p><p><br></p><p>Email us: amatteroffatpod@gmail.com</p>","author_name":"Rose Stokes & Professor Giles Yeo"}