MAGIC PILL

b A wonderfully accessible exploration of one of the most complex problems of our age b i TELEGRAPH i b i Magic Pill i will help you think more clearly about eating dieting health and mental health even if you never touch Ozempic b JONATHAN HAIDT b The bestselling author of i Lost Connections i and i Stolen Focus i takes a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it sharing his personal experience on Ozempic and examining our ability to heal society s dysfunctional relationship with food weight and our bodies b In January 2023 Johann Hari started to inject himself once a week with b Ozempic b one of the new drugs that produces significant weight loss He wasn t alone some predictions suggest that in a few years one in four of the British population will be taking these drugs While around 80 per cent of diets fail someone taking one of the new drugs is likely to lose up to a quarter of their body weight in six months To the drugs defenders this is a moment of liberation from a condition that massively increases your chances of diabetes cancer and an early death Still Hari was wildly conflicted Can these drugs really be as good as they sound b Are they a magic solution or a magical illusion b