Magic Pill
The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs
1st Edition
Published on 2. May 2024
336 pages
978-1-5266-7013-7 (ISBN)
Description
'I learned so much' DAVINA McCALL
'Will help you think more clearly about eating, dieting, health and mental health' JONATHAN HAIDT
Over the last decade, an extraordinary scientific breakthrough has taken place. A new kind of drug has arrived on the market, working in an unprecedented way to revolutionise weight loss and dieting.
In 2023, Johann Hari began injecting himself with one of the weight loss drugs transforming how we look, feel and live.
What began as a personal journey soon took him on an international investigation, tackling some of the most world-changing issues as he asked: Who should be taking these medications? How are they set to change not only the way we think about weight loss, but our economies? What are the benefits - and what are the risks?
This is the book to read on the weight loss drugs taking over the world.
'Really important, and very necessary' STEPHEN FRY
'Compassionate, wise and mind-expanding . . . A must read' PHILIPPA PERRY
'Will help you think more clearly about eating, dieting, health and mental health' JONATHAN HAIDT
Over the last decade, an extraordinary scientific breakthrough has taken place. A new kind of drug has arrived on the market, working in an unprecedented way to revolutionise weight loss and dieting.
In 2023, Johann Hari began injecting himself with one of the weight loss drugs transforming how we look, feel and live.
What began as a personal journey soon took him on an international investigation, tackling some of the most world-changing issues as he asked: Who should be taking these medications? How are they set to change not only the way we think about weight loss, but our economies? What are the benefits - and what are the risks?
This is the book to read on the weight loss drugs taking over the world.
'Really important, and very necessary' STEPHEN FRY
'Compassionate, wise and mind-expanding . . . A must read' PHILIPPA PERRY
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
0,76 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-7013-7 (9781526670137)
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Johann Hari is the author of three previous internationally bestselling books, translated into 40 languages. His TED talks have been viewed over 80 million times, and his work has been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah to Noam Chomsky to Joe Rogan. He was also the executive producer of an Oscar nominated film, and an eight-part TV series with Samuel L. Jackson.
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction The Holy Grail
- 1 Finding the Treasure Chest How the drugs work
- 2 Cheesecake Park Why we gained weight
- 3 The Death and Rebirth of Satiety The strange connection between processed food and the new drugs
- 4 Living in an Inflamed State What has happened to our bodies - and do these drugs reverse it?
- 5 An Old Story Repeating Itself? The risks of the old weight-loss drugs - and the new ones
- 6 Why Don't You Diet and Exercise Instead? The two biggest alternatives to weight-loss drugs - and why they have (mostly) fai
- 7 The Brain Breakthrough Good news for addiction, bad news for depression?
- 8 What Job Was Overeating Doing for You? The five reasons why we eat - and what happens when they are taken away from us
- 9 'I Don't Think You're in Your Body' How Ozempic made me realise I had to change
- 10 Self-Acceptance v. Self-Starvation? What will these drugs mean for eating disorders?
- 11 The Forbidden Body? What do these new drugs mean for stigma?
- 12 The 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
- Further Reading
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Index
