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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Van Badham

Society has never produced so much food, yet we live in a world where only the rich get to be healthy

woman looking into a fridge and holding a container
‘Bad food is cheap comfort with a great profit margin. Yet while westerners have never been so large, societal beauty standards remain uncomfortably svelte’, writes Van Badham. Photograph: Edwin Tan/Getty Images

Western culture bears a weight that it struggles to shift. Two recent stories perhaps expose why.

The first is an investigation by Australia’s drug regulator into online influencers and platforms promoting a diabetes drug for weight-loss. Ozempic is on the pharmaceutical benefits scheme for treatment of type 2 diabetes but has been prescribed “off label” by doctors to those struggling to manage their weight.

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