Nearly 40 percent of Illinois adults and nearly 20 percent of Illinois children are obese, according to the American Health Foundation, a nonpartisan public health group. But, in the past year, Danish company Novo Nortis has launched two new diabetes drugs that some people are now using to lose weight.
We spent a full hour discussing two diabetes drugs for weight loss with two doctors and an author. To wrap up our talk, we tackle weight-related stigma.
guest:
Disha Narang, MD
Director of the Department of Obesity Medicine, Lake Forest Hospital of Northwestern Medicine
Nicole Florence, MD
Medical Director and Bariatric Physician, Springfield Memorial Health Center
cathy o'neal
author: The Shame Machine: Who's Profiting in the New Age of Shame
Ready for the Web by Owen Henderson
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