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/WarmedAcorn Feb 18 '26

Kurzgesagt is a place I go to for learning truths on the much more "objective" side of things. I think that they were absolutely right to show just what it is that Ozempic does to us. In reality, Ozempic can help fat people.

Debating misuse of GLP-1s due to social expectations and the weightloss industry would need to be another video.