Watch Oprah Discuss Weight, Diet Culture, and More in a WeightWatchers Special
Oprah released The State of Weight, a “Life You Want” Class and corresponding curriculum, here on Oprah Daily in fall 2023. In the months since, there have been countless cultural conversations about the subjects we covered—obesity as a medical disease (not a failure of willpower), the rise of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, and how body image affects our emotions.
The conversations are far from over. This week, Oprah opened up another discussion about weight, in collaboration with WeightWatchers, to speak more about the shame, science, and societal aspects. In the virtual event, she was joined by a group that has a wealth of knowledge and experience in this area, including Rebel Wilson and Busy Philipps, along with entrepreneurs Katie Sturino, the founder of Megababe, and Jamie Kern Lima, the founder of IT Cosmetics. The panel also included experts like Rachel Goldman, PhD (a psychologist we tapped for our State of Weight discussion), and Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD, the director of the Yale Obesity Research Center.
Oprah said the special “unpacks everything we’ve internalized about diet culture and how our weight somehow reflects our worth” as well as “dismantles the body standards that have caused so much shame to find the best way forward for each of us.”
“Making the Shift: A New Way to Think About Weight” is now viewable on YouTube here—or watch it below:
You can also catch up on what started it all: Oprah Daily’s State of Weight discussion, as well as its corresponding curriculum, which you can read in full here.
In a groundbreaking conversation with Oprah, Oprah Daily Insiders, and obesity specialists Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, Melanie Jay, MD, Sima Sistani (CEO of WeightWatchers), and psychologist Rachel Goldman, PhD, we debunk long-standing myths about weight. Become an Oprah Daily Insider now to access this conversation and the full “The Life You Want” Class library.
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