Is Ozempic “Cheating”?
This week, Elle magazine published an interview with Serena Williams, in which she revealed and explained her use of GLP-1 drugs for her recent weight loss. She is a famous tennis champion, but also a brand ambassador for one of the emerging telehealth companies that is making Ozempic, Zepbound, and similar medications more readily available for “off-label” use. These online businesses are particularly serving those, like Williams, who may not clinically be defined as “obese” but still want to shed unwanted pounds. Williams explained that her motivation was to lose “extra mom weight,” and a desire to feel “confident” in her body and get to a “healthy place.”
Williams, however, also shared that her purpose in speaking out about her GLP-1 success story is to counter stigma around using these drugs, especially the belief that their use is somehow “cheating” at weight loss. “It’s ok to be on them,” she said.
Excerpted from Psychology Today
