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Have GLP-1s Changed Body Positivity?

Since the very beginning of time, there have been expectations for the ways that women’s bodies look. Historically, fuller body types have been seen as idealistic. Since the early 20th century, the media has created the expectation that women should be small. After a period of promoting body positivity and “natural bodies,” there was a cultural shift. Many celebrities started to lose drastic amounts of weight in a short time. How’d they do it? Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1)

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