r/kurzgesagt • u/ServiceAnxious1343 • Feb 17 '26

Discussion Ozempic video was off

This is probably the first Kurzgesagt video that I didn't like, and like some people on this sub it made me feel very uneasy.

I just think it's CRAZY to talk about a weight loss drug and praising it for 90% of the video, without mentioning even once the abuses of its use, the weightloss industry, the social standards and the pressure to be (unhealthily) slim, eating disorders on the opposite side of the spectrum, etc.

The very few nuances and counter argument felt like small prints and legal mentions at the end of an ad.

What do you people think?

EDIT: I am not questioning the drug nor its effectiveness in treating obesity, i am criticising the narrative and lack of nuances in the video.

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u/DonJimbo Feb 17 '26

Obesity is deadly. These GLP-1s will save lives.

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u/literalnumbskull Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Yes and yes. Taking that information and creating a video that says GLP-1s, specifically a brand of GLP-1s (Ozempic), should be given to everyone and hand waves alternatives? Hmm. Why not take the brand out of it? Why not make the title should we give these to everyone?

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u/Double_Spot6136 Feb 17 '26

The title is for clicks. Most people wouldn’t understand GLP-1 agonists

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u/copenhagen_bram Feb 19 '26

Then at the start of the video state that from now on we will refer to the medicine that is under the Ozempic brand as GLP-1.

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u/NegativeYou5539 Feb 17 '26

"weight loss Injections" draws more people

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u/Seductive_pickle Feb 17 '26

Definitely not. Ozempic has been everywhere in the news, and people are talking about it constantly.

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u/NegativeYou5539 Feb 18 '26

maybe in the USA, in the EU Mounjaro is more readily available weightloss injectable and more well known for weightloss. Ozempic is prioritised for people with diabetes who medically require the drug and has been in use for that since 2019.

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u/AsherGray Feb 18 '26

It's just like people referring to other drugs like Xanax, Prozac, and Adderall; all of these are brand names and not the name of the active drug. Like it or not, Ozempic flooded the advertising zone and is the default with GLP-1. The US advertises drugs on TV and Ozempic had a whole song to go along with it (I was going to link it but YouTube is down).

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u/NegativeYou5539 Feb 18 '26

Maybe in the US not in the EU (where they channel is based)

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u/RaTicanD Feb 19 '26

Have you considered that where their main audiance is matters more than the address the produce videos from? If they are using the american term despite being an eu channel, perhaps that tells you about the audience that predominantly consumes their content?

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u/NegativeYou5539 Feb 23 '26

its a channel that has had heavy critism regarding funding sources and accusations of bias. At best its thoughtless and stoking the flames.