Will GLP-1 drugs change attitudes towards slimness and body ideals?

[middlenglander]

With the rise in popularity of GLPs and their use becoming more widespread, do you think being slim will start to become less idealised and privileged?
Only asking because lately I have been admiring ladies whose bodies are slightly overweight, say BMI 25, 26, 27, and respecting them for not giving in to to the ozempic craze. Aesthetically as well, I find their curves quite appealing because most women around me are pretty slender these days, and I'm starting to find it a bit boring! What do you think? For reference, I'm quite slim myself, in case it matters.

I believe you can only be prescribed wli if your bmi is 30 or over.

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Oh ok I didn't know that.

I'm quite slim myself, in case it matters.

Ha ha ha. Oh dear OP, you're no longer speshul! All the fat birds can be as thin as you!

I have been admiring ladies whose bodies are slightly overweight, say BMI 25, 26, 27, and respecting them for not giving in to to the ozempic craze

My BMI is 25. I am on wli. Yabu for making out like a BMI of that number is not slim and is some sort of body positivity stance

I do apologise for not being thin enough yet for you....and you still consider me a curvy bad ass who has stuck two fingers up to beauty ideals

What? How do you know anyone else’s BMI? Why does anyone need respect for not needing or deciding not to use Wegovy or Mounjaro? So many questions about this very reasonable and totally normal opening post…

Women aren’t there to entertain you either. Boring? I couldn’t care less what other people look like.

I suspect society will become even less tolerant of people who are overweight. Despite the fact that there are complicated reasons people gain weight that are not solely related to willpower and that not everyone can take GLP-1s even if they meet the weight qualifications, there will be an expectation that people should just get the drugs and lose the weight.

i am on a glp-1 and it is helping me lose the weight I gained after developing serious health issues. I am thrilled. My cholesterol is improving. My a1c is fantastic. I have a long ways to go to my target weight, but any improvement helps.

I tolerate the shots well. That doesn’t mean they work for everyone. im one of the lucky people that is probably going to be thin eventually or at least not obese. I worry about how society will treat the people left behind.

Being skinny is aspirational so when anyone can do it then yes, it will change attitudes. But attitudes to body shape change all the time. Remember the size zero hysteria in the mid 2000s?

I suspect toned muscled bodies- which take a lot of work - which just become more aspirational because aspirational is supposed to be mildly unattainable.

How could women of BMI 25-27 ‘give in’ to the ‘craze’ when they’re not heavy enough to get the drugs?

Most of the people I see out and about are still suffering with overweight or obesity so we must be in very different places.

Absolutely not, no. But it will shift to thin and toned. A super-toned, pilates honed body will always be the ideal. ‘Skinny fat’ has never been idolized really. Only skinny and toned, and naturally very skinny.

I have hyperthyroidism, when I need a medication adjustment I’ll often have a period of unintentional weight-loss, this has happened several times in my life, up until 6 months ago people who didn’t know me would ask if I’ve been dieting etc, however they would attempt to be polite about it.

Now I’m constantly asked “are you on WLI” “ohh you’ve been on the jabs” “are you on the skinny prick” it’s incredibly inappropriate way to be spoken to, so no i don’t think losing weight will be less idolised I think the way people discuss weight loss in society will become worse.