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Magic pill the extraordinary benefits and disturbing risks of the new weight-loss drugs

"The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it--from his personal experience on Ozempic to our ability to heal our society's dysfunctional relationship with food, weight, and our bodies"--Provided by publi...

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Main Author: Hari, Johann (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Weight loss.
Obesity > Treatment.
Weight loss > Psychological aspects.
Weight loss preparations.
Drugs > Side effects.
Pills.
Informational works.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-282) and index. 
520 |a "The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it--from his personal experience on Ozempic to our ability to heal our society's dysfunctional relationship with food, weight, and our bodies"--Provided by publisher. 
505 0 |a Introduction: The holy grail -- Finding the treasure chest: How the drugs work -- Cheesecake park: Why we gained weight -- The death and rebirth of satiety: The strange connection between processed food and the new drugs -- Living in an inflamed state: What has happened to our bodies-and do these drugs reverse it? -- An old story repeating itself?: The risks of the old weight-loss drugs-and the new ones -- Why don't you diet and exercise instead?: The two biggest alternatives to weight-loss drugs-and why they have [mostly] failed -- The brain breakthrough: Good news for addiction, bad news for depression? -- What job was overeating doing for you?: The five reasons why we eat-and what happens when they are taken away from us -- I don't think you're in your body: How Ozempic made me realize I had to change -- Self-acceptance vs self-starvation?: What will these drugs mean for eating disorders? -- The forbidden body: What do these new drugs mean for stigma? -- Land that doesn't need Ozempic: what the Japanese do right-and how we can become like them -- Conclusion. The choices now: So what do we do, for us, and our kids? ; What you can do to improve the food system. 
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