In this deeply personal conversation, I sit down with Chevese Turner — co-founder of Weight Stigma Awareness Week and the founder of Binge Eating Disorder Association — to talk about the real-world consequences of the GLP-1 boom. Chevese shares her own journey with Ozempic alongside her mother’s devastating experience — a relapse into a decades-old eating disorder that led to hospitalization. Together, we unpack how medical fatphobia, diet culture, and the rapid adoption of these drugs are colliding — and why it’s critical to center mental health in the conversation. Are we supposed to accept that mental health and recovery are just collateral damage in the Ozempire?
Content note: This episode discusses eating disorders, weight stigma, and medical harm.
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