New obesity drugs are seemingly everywhere. Black Americans feel left out By Anissa Durham

New obesity drugs are seemingly everywhere. Black Americans feel left out By Anissa Durham https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/29/ozempic-wegovy-black-americans-access-body-image/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--Apw45VVcsQDANE8fQs2s1Y7ZHeIK6a-W433TvqPvXMsAPyRL4_Ok-xaEfbghCxzAtJg81ACfRmYHYOkvLkD2qpQRzZw&_hsmi=309132552&utm_content=309132552&utm_source=hs_email May 29, 2024 STAT has reported for over a year on how GLP-1 drugs are transforming the treatment of obesity in the U.S. But amid all the hubbub — as the drugs are touted for treating obesity, heart health, and down the line, maybe even conditions like addiction — many Black Americans worry that their community is being left behind. They say, too, that the public’s obsession with the drugs serves as a reminder of how Black bodies are policed and judged by society. Black Americans have long experienced higher than average rates of chronic disease, for reasons that include disparities in income and education; reduced access to health insurance, housing, and healthy food; and racism-related stress. Despite this burden, experts say that Black patients don’t have equal access to GLP-1s. Read more from STAT contributor Annisa Durham. In another story, Durham, a health data reporter for Word In Black, interviewed 14 Black people about how they view their bodies. Eleven of those people are women, as it became clear to Durham during reporting that Black women’s bodies are policed, surveilled, and judged more often than anyone else. They spoke with brutal honesty as they shared their journeys with weight loss, and their encounters with family and a medical system rooted in anti-Blackness. Black voices, Black bodies: Life in the age of Ozempic By Anissa Durham https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/29/ozempic-black-voices-black-bodies-weight-stigma/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--RXNK7epamExoaWJeV2O3Aqon3RHJY-Qvj36cMw7_zh_zVby5brzdJ4BHhhlD9I3Kuum-zG04O6TgpA9nbbYRzjnCKJQ&_hsmi=309132552&utm_content=309132552&utm_source=hs_email May 29, 2024