9% The Skinny Jab Revolution
Network:RTÉ ONE
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S01E02 - "Episode 2"
Aired on Mar 10, 2025, 9:35 PM
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Description
In this new two-parter, Kathryn Thomas explores the rise of these revolutionary drugs and asks why we still need to address the root cause of obesity, despite these advances?
Episodes (1 Season · 2 Episodes)
E1
Episode 1
Kathryn Thomas presents the first of two programmes looking at the almost overnight emergence of GLP-1 weight loss medications, such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, and explores their impact. While over in Hollywood, celebrities are shrinking before the eyes of the public, the medications are flying off the pharmacy shelves in Ireland. Kathryn asks, with 24 per cent of people in the obese range, will almost a quarter of the Irish population be medicated?
Mar 3, 2025
60 min
E2
Episode 2
In the second episode, Kathryn Thomas digs deeper into what is driving the need for GLP-1 medications and looks to the wider societal impact of their widespread use.Ă‚Â
Mar 10, 2025
60 min