Women’s body image is shaped by abusing diabetic drugs such as Ozempic – The Mail & Guardian

Women’s body image is shaped by abusing diabetic drugs such as Ozempic – The Mail & Guardian

At the glamorous Golden Globe awards in Hollywood earlier this year, a presenter joked about how the event was “Ozempic’s biggest night” — a quip about the diabetes medication that has seen many using it to lose weight. But alarm bells also rang. Just how far would women go to pursue impossible standards of beauty? One of the world’s most powerful businesswomen, Oprah Winfrey, recently admitted she had taken a GLP-1 medication like Ozempic, beca…