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Fortune
Paige Hagy

From Bezos and Zuckerberg getting buff to the celebrity Ozempic craze, ‘fatphobia’ in the workplace is more rampant than ever

Jeff Bezos (Credit: Dan Istitene—Formula 1/Formula 1/Getty Images)

Wait, Mark Zuckerberg is ripped? Isn’t he the scrawny CEO who famously invented Facebook from the Harvard dorm room that he seemingly never left?

Not anymore. The obsession with being fit and thin in the workplace is on the rise, with tech moguls like Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos showing off their washboard abs, and the use of drugs like Ozempic for weight loss becoming increasingly common dinner conversation. At the same time, a range of studies and statistics show that discrimination against individuals on account of their weight prevails. 

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