Weight-loss drugs and the supremacy of thinness
Anyone who has struggled with weight or eating disorders has dreamt of a magical fix. Now, it seems, we have it.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Megan Nolan is a writer of essays, criticism and fiction born in Ireland and based in London. She writes a fortnightly column for the New Statesman.
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