The drugs have been sold as a miracle. The science has been quietly shaped by the companies profiting from them. And the deaths are not yet being called a scandal.
Clinical psychologist Louise Adams co-authored a paper that has already been read more than 7,500 times in its first ten days. She joins me to trace the three-pronged pharmaceutical marketing strategy behind GLP-1 drugs, follow the money through conflict-of-interest research, celebrity spokespeople, and government lobbying, and tell us what real informed consent would actually require.
In this episode you will learn:
- The 2015 Novo Nordisk marketing roadmap that predicted everything we are living through now
- Why many obesity researchers are now functioning as pharmaceutical sales representatives
- What weight cycling is and why it is missing from the GLP-1 conversation
- What a health professional's informed consent process should look like
- Why Louise is cautiously optimistic that GLP-1 research will inadvertently strengthen the case for weight inclusive medicine in the next decadE
Mentioned in the show:
Listen to the entire Beyond GLP-1 podcast series: https://program.stephaniedodier.com/beyond-glp-1
Louise Adams' paper: GLP-1 medication for weight loss, a triumph of marketing over patient care -- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21604851.2026.2646492
Louise Adams -- meet Louise and her work: https://untrapped.com.au/meet-louise/
Louise Adams' newsletter and podcast All Fired Up: untrapped.com.au
Ragen Chastain's Weight and Healthcare Substack: weightandhealthcare.substack.com
AWIM GLP-1 Informed Consent document: https://sizeinclusivemedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MSSI-GLP1-Informed-Consent-1-1.pdf
HAES Health Sheets: https://haeshealthsheets.com/
Non-Diet Coaching Assessment Tool: stephaniedodier.com/clientassessment
The Groundwork waitlist: https://program.stephaniedodier.com/groundwork
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