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The show for anyone who's got no idea what they think about weight in 2026 Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy have changed the conversation around weight and bodies faster than any of us has managed to think it all through. The weight-loss drugs, the diets, the shame, the money and the judgement have left most of us with no idea what we think anymore. Is thinner really better? Or healthier? What is the social and emotional cost of a life spent pursuing it? And can't we all just be kinder to each other? Each week, journalist Rose Stokes and Professor Giles Yeo MBE , one of the world's leading obesity scientists based at Cambridge University, take on a different part of the conversation nobody can quite get straight. One of them brings the science, the other brings thirty years of lived experience. Neither pretends to have it figured out — and they don't always agree. Honest conversations about GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and what they actually do to your body, food noise, why diets fail, semaglutide and the science behind it, what Ozempic is doing to body positivity, ultra-processed food, weight stigma, and who can afford to escape judgement and who can't. Plus two regular segments: Fat Check , testing the science of the internet's wildest weight-loss myths, and Diets I've Survived , rating diets so you don't have to. New episodes every Tuesday. Follow now so you don't miss one. Got a question, a thought, or a story of your own? Email us at amatteroffatpod@gmail.com Artwork: sisterstudiouk Editing: offpaperstudios Producer: Rose Stokes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What happens after the dramatic “after” photo? A Matter of Fat is a podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly changing conversation around them. Hosted by journalist Rose Stokes, who brings 30 years of lived experience with weight and obesity, and Dr Giles Yeo, a University of Cambridge scientist who has spent three decades studying the genetics of body weight, this podcast brings together lived experience and science without pretending to have all the answers. In episode two, Rose and Giles explore why diets can appear to work, why the weight so often comes back and what years of restriction can do to our bodies and minds. We cover: • Whether it’s really true that 95% of diets fail • Why the brain fights back when we lose weight • Rose’s experience of starting Weight Watchers at just 11 years old • Losing a third of her body weight within a coercive relationship • Why maintaining weight loss can require eating less than someone who was never heavier • The pressure to perform as a “good fat person” • Plus, we fact-check negative-calorie foods and rate the Atkins diet THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY MINDFUL CHEF Get 30% off your first four boxes, plus free delivery on your first order, with code AMATTEROFFATPOD. Order at: http://mindfulchef.com/ RESOURCES Mann et al. (2007), UCLA: “Dieting Does Not Work” https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Dieting-Does-Not-Work-UCLA-Researchers-7832 FOLLOW to stay up to date with A Matter of Fat. FIND US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amatteroffatpod/ Rose Stokes: https://www.instagram.com/rosestokes/ Giles Yeo: https://www.instagram.com/gilesyeo/ Questions, thoughts or a story you want to share? Email us at amatteroffatpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What are we supposed to think about weight in 2026? A Matter of Fat is a new podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly changing conversation around them. Hosted by journalist Rose Stokes, who brings 30 years of lived experience with weight and obesity, and Dr Giles Yeo, a University of Cambridge scientist who has spent three decades studying the genetics of body weight, this podcast brings together lived experience and science without pretending to have all the answers. In our first episode, we confront the elephant in the room: Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and the arrival of GLP-1 weight-loss medications. We cover: • What GLP-1 medications actually do inside the body • Why weight and appetite are not simply a matter of willpower • Rose and Giles’ own experiences of taking weight-loss medication • Why Giles kept his Wegovy use secret and felt like a fraud • Whether weight-loss drugs really cause muscle loss • Why weight stigma can make losing weight harder, not easier • Plus, we fact-check “nature’s Ozempic” and revisit Rose’s disastrous experience with Orlistat FOLLOW to stay up to date with A Matter of Fat. RESOURCES: Pennington Biomedical Research Center: Food noise study https://www.pbrc.edu/news/media/2026/food-noise-eco.aspx The Food Noise Questionnaire https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oby.24216 UCL and BMC Medicine: 1.6 million UK adults used weight-loss drugs in the past year https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1111695 Major, Rathbone, Blodorn and Hunger: The Countervailing Effects of Weight Stigma on Weight-Loss Motivation and Perceived Capacity for Weight Control https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167220903184 Sutin and Terracciano: Perceived Weight Discrimination and Obesity https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0070048 FIND US 👇 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amatteroffatpod/ Rose Stokes: https://www.instagram.com/rosestokes/ Giles Yeo: https://www.instagram.com/gilesyeo/ Questions, thoughts, constructive criticism or a story you want to share? Email us: amatteroffatpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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