By now, you'll likely have seen drugs Ozempic and WeGovy circulating on your social media. Rumours that celebrities had been using the injections to lose weight initially began after Kim Kardashian lost 16 pounds to fit into one of Marilyn Monroe's historically significant dresses for the Met Gala in May.
Dubbed "Hollywood's skinny jab", the drugs were initially developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, yet in recent months, have been prescribed in the US and UK for weight loss. They've since become one of 2023's most talked about topics, with searches for semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic, at breakout on Google.
