How Ozempic and weight loss drugs are affecting our relationship with food | Extra Minutes [kv4mXj6duH9]

How Ozempic and weight loss drugs are affecting our relationship with food | Extra Minutes [kv4mXj6duH9]

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Dimity Clancey and Amelia Adams discuss the latest trend in weight loss - Ozempic and similar injectable drugs. ► Watch the full stories: and ► Listen to Extra Minutes on Apple Podcasts: ► WATCH Full Episodes on 9NOW: ► Subscribe here: Blame it on our success as a wealthy western nation, but we live with an enormous problem. Our size. Too many Australians are too big. Everyone knows excess weight is bad for our health, but battling the bulge is a fight too few of us win. And that’s the reason drugs like Ozempic are in such demand. They promise a quick fix to losing kilos, even though they’re not designed as weight-loss remedies. But as Dimity Clancey reports, users need to be very cautious. The Ozempic hype is starting to wither, replaced with the reality that it and similar drugs are risky, even deadly. FOLLOW 60 Minutes Australia ► WATCH more of 60 Minutes Australia: ► Facebook: ► Twitter: ► Instagram: ABOUT 60 Minutes Australia For over forty years, 60 Minutes Australia have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Amelia Adams, Adam Hegarty, Dimity Clancey and Nick McKenzie look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes Australia. #60MinutesAustralia