Americans were told “diet and exercise” was the key to better health, but lifestyle changes were never that life changing. Medication is. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Semaglutide (GLP-1) weight-loss drug Wegovy, made by pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk -- designed to treat type 2 diabetes, but widely known for their effect on weight loss. Photo by James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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During the 2024 Olympics, a player on the U.S. women's rugby team, Alona Mar, got a ton of attention for talking about her body mass index.
I do have a BMI of 30. Well, 29.3 to be more exact. I've been considered overweight my whole life. I remember vividly one time in high school, I had to turn in the physical to the office, and right at the bottom of the page, it said overweight.
Ms. Ma'am went on to win a bronze medal and also to illustrate the absurdity of BMI. But doctors and insurance companies still use this number to make judgments about your health. And then just yesterday, a global panel of experts advised that we measure obesity differently.
The relationship between diet and weight and health seems like it should be clear and knowable by this point, but it's really not. Coming up on today explained why the gospel on weight loss is always being rewritten and how medications have added a brand new chapter.
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You're listening to Today Explained. Sumita Mukhopadhyay is a writer and editor who was very anxious when she was hired as the executive editor of Teen Vogue back in 2018. Like everyone else, Sumita had seen The Devil Wears Prada, and she knew that the fashion industry was unforgiving. But not long after she started there, she realized that things were changing.
You know, I entered the fashion industry at a really unique moment where there was a an increased interest in plus fashion. And so when I got the job at Teen Vogue, I started having all these fashion brands reaching out to me to be like, wow, we're so excited. We're launching a plus collection. We'd love to talk to you about it. We'd love to send it to you.
How does it feel to be a fat fashion editor? And at the time I had kind of newly gained the weight. And so I wasn't totally embracing it. It didn't feel empowering. It almost felt like something that was happening to me where I was like, oh, wait, I'm fat? You know, where I had to kind of get over that first step before being like, I'm fabulous. I love being fat.
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