Seema Sistani discusses the potential for weight loss medications to be "the end of diet culture" and the need to reframe the language around weight and diet.
The broader cultural context of diet culture, attitudes towards weight loss, and the ethics of medicalized weight loss are explored through the lens of these drugs.
The concept of diet culture and its influence on societal attitudes towards weight and body image is discussed, particularly in relation to the body positivity movement's resistance to it.
The podcast episodes explore the broader context and impacts of diet culture, a term that refers to the pervasive societal beliefs, values, and systems that promote the idea that certain body types, foods, and weight-loss behaviors are superior to others.
Several episodes, such as 'Taking weight-loss drugs', 'Body positivity in the age of Ozempic', and 'Breaking Up With Diet Culture', delve into how diet culture has influenced the development and marketing of weight loss drugs, as well as the tensions it creates with the body positivity movement.
Other episodes, like ''What I eat in a day' videos and the new diet culture' and 'Staying On Track This Holiday Season with Nutritionist Ivey Leidy', discuss how diet culture has permeated social media and mainstream culture, leading to the spread of misinformation and harmful attitudes around food and nutrition.