The end of dieting
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Today's episode of Today Explained is a rerun, but we have updated it with some news. Perhaps you saw President Trump recently announced a deal with two drug companies that's going to result in much cheaper weight loss drugs. Perhaps you saw that he then revealed who in his administration is taking them.
How did the Trump administration change access to GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs?
And we have Steve, we're Steve Seager, head of public relations for the White House. He's taking it.
Classic. Perhaps you saw someone then fainted in the Oval Office during that announcement. Classic. Here's the thing. These drugs appear to be working. Obesity rates in the U.S. are declining, but there are still unknowns. The relationship between diet, weight, and health seems like it should be clear by this point, but it's really not. Coming up on Today Explained, why the gospel on weight loss is always being rewritten, and how medications have added a brand new chapter.
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You're listening to Today Explained. Sumita Mukhopadhyay is a writer and editor who was very anxious when she was hired as the executive editor of Teen Vogue back in 2018. Like everyone else, Sumita had seen The Devil Wears Prada, and she knew that the fashion industry was unforgiving. But not long after she started there, she realized that things were changing.
You know, I entered the fashion industry at a really unique moment where there was a an increased interest in plus fashion. And so when I got the job at Teen Vogue, I started having all these fashion brands reaching out to me to be like, wow, we're so excited. We're launching a plus collection. We'd love to talk to you about it. We'd love to send it to you. How does it feel to be a fat fashion editor? And at the time I had kind of newly gained the weight. And so I wasn't totally embracing it. It didn't feel empowering. It almost felt like something that was happening to me where I was like, oh, wait, I'm fat? You know, where I had to kind of get over that first step before being like, I'm fabulous. I love being fat.
Okay, so you're in a period where Teen Vogue has become more accepting. It is okay to be a person in a larger body. And in fact, there's even some sort of advocacy or activism around the fact that there is more than one body type. And then you get some news that, again, changes how you see and experience all of this. What happened?
While I was at Teen Vogue and kind of as I was leaving Teen Vogue, I had had a series of stressful family-related events. things happen. My father passed away of diabetes related complications. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had this really hectic job and I was managing all of it. And my stress response was eating. And it was not just eating. It was like really not taking care of myself ultimately. Right. It was taking Ubers. It was getting takeout. It was kind of not really having a did lead to some unwanted weight gain on my part. And I was having some mobility issues. I was having trouble kind of, I just thought it was because I was exhausted because I had never had these experiences, but I was having trouble getting up and down the stairs on the subway.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:03–0:19
2
How did the Trump administration change access to GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs?
0:19–10:10
3
How did Sumita Mukhopadhyay's experience at Teen Vogue shape her view of body positivity?
10:10–18:10
4
What personal health events led Sumita to consider medication for weight?
18:10–27:14
5
How does tirzepatide/semaglutide (GLP‑1) work and what medication did Sumita try?
27:14–28:06