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  Food Noise vs Jab Noise: Which is Louder? 21.09.2026 43นาที

  Episode 3: GLP-1 medications might quieten food noise, but has the noise around weight-loss jabs become impossible to escape?A Matter of Fat is a podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly changing conversation around them.Hosted by journalist Rose Stokes, who brings 30 years of lived experience with weight and obesity, and Dr Giles Yeo, a University of Cambridge scientist who has spent three decades studying how the brain influences appetite, this podcast brings together lived experience and science without pretending to have all the answers.In episode three, Rose and Giles explore food noise, the impact of GLP-1 medications on appetite and the relentless advertising making weight loss increasingly difficult to escape.A NOTE ON THE LAW: In the UK, it is illegal to advertise a prescription-only medicine to the public. That is Regulation 284 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. It is legislation enforced by the MHRA, and breaching it is a criminal offence.The advertising industry’s own CAP Code mirrors this at rule 12.12, which is enforced by the ASA. The two are often discussed as though they are the same thing. They are not. One is law, while the other is an advertising code.This is why the ads you see everywhere never name a drug. They advertise the service, such as a consultation that may or may not result in a prescription. CAP’s own guidance tells advertisers to promote the consultation itself rather than the product. That is what makes these adverts legal.The contested ground is advertising that leans so heavily on the service framing that everyone understands exactly what is being sold. The ASA has upheld complaints on that basis, and the MHRA has contacted companies which subsequently amended their advertising. That is not the same as a finding that anyone has broken the law.Nothing in this episode alleges that any company has committed an offence. What we are describing is a pattern of legal advertising working exactly as the rules permit.__SOURCES:CAP Code section 12, including rule 12.12https://www.asa.org.uk/type/non_broadcast/code_section/12.htmlCAP guidance on advertising weight-control prescription-only medicineshttps://www.asa.org.uk/advice-online/weight-control-prescription-only-medicines.htmlJoint statement from the MHRA, ASA and GPhC, June 2026https://www.asa.org.uk/news/asa-partners-with-mhra-and-gphc-to-reinforce-rules-on-the-advertising-of-weight-loss-drugs-online.htmlASA warning to weight-loss drug advertisershttps://www.asa.org.uk/news/asa-issues-warning-to-weight-loss-drug-advertisers.htmlGPhC enforcement notice on weight-management prescription medicine ads, April 2026https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/about-us/news-and-updates/updated-enforcement-notice-issued-weight-management-prescription-medicine-adsMHRA Blue Guide: Advertising and promotion of medicines in the UKhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/blue-guide-advertising-and-promoting-medicinesASA rulings databasehttps://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/rulings.htmlNutrition & Diabetes: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41387-025-00382-xScienceDirect: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195666325004921Medscape: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/food-noise-real-phenomenon-deserving-being-treated-2026a1000m45News-Medical: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260608/GLP-1-users-say-the-drugs-quiet-food-noise-but-do-not-replace-lifestyle-change.aspxStanford Medicine: https://medicine.stanford.edu/news/stories/2026/06/GLP1-Experiences.htmlTallis et al: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-026-27975-0__Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amatteroffatpod/Rose Stokes: https://www.instagram.com/rosestokes/Giles Yeo: https://www.instagram.com/gilesyeo/Email us at [email protected] contact: Rosie Cooper, Coventry University Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  After The After — If We Know Diets Don't Work, Why Do We Still Try? 14.09.2026 40นาที

  What happens after the dramatic “after” photo? A Matter of Fat is a podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly changing conversation around them.Hosted by journalist Rose Stokes, who brings 30 years of lived experience with weight and obesity, and Dr Giles Yeo, a University of Cambridge scientist who has spent three decades studying the genetics of body weight, this podcast brings together lived experience and science without pretending to have all the answers.In episode two, Rose and Giles explore why diets can appear to work, why the weight so often comes back and what years of restriction can do to our bodies and minds.We cover:• Whether it’s really true that 95% of diets fail• Why the brain fights back when we lose weight• Rose’s experience of starting Weight Watchers at just 11 years old• Losing a third of her body weight within a coercive relationship• Why maintaining weight loss can require eating less than someone who was never heavier• The pressure to perform as a “good fat person”• Plus, we fact-check negative-calorie foods and rate the Atkins dietTHIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY MINDFUL CHEFGet 30% off your first four boxes, plus free delivery on your first order, with code AMATTEROFFATPOD.Order at: http://mindfulchef.com/RESOURCESMann et al. (2007), UCLA: “Dieting Does Not Work”https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Dieting-Does-Not-Work-UCLA-Researchers-7832FOLLOW to stay up to date with A Matter of Fat.FIND USInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/amatteroffatpod/Rose Stokes: https://www.instagram.com/rosestokes/Giles Yeo: https://www.instagram.com/gilesyeo/Questions, thoughts or a story you want to share?Email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Ozempic Shrinks Everything Except the Shame 14.09.2026 47นาที

  What are we supposed to think about weight in 2026?A Matter of Fat is a new podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly changing conversation around them.Hosted by journalist Rose Stokes, who brings 30 years of lived experience with weight and obesity, and Dr Giles Yeo, a University of Cambridge scientist who has spent three decades studying the genetics of body weight, this podcast brings together lived experience and science without pretending to have all the answers.In our first episode, we confront the elephant in the room: Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and the arrival of GLP-1 weight-loss medications.We cover:• What GLP-1 medications actually do inside the body• Why weight and appetite are not simply a matter of willpower• Rose and Giles’ own experiences of taking weight-loss medication• Why Giles kept his Wegovy use secret and felt like a fraud• Whether weight-loss drugs really cause muscle loss• Why weight stigma can make losing weight harder, not easier• Plus, we fact-check “nature’s Ozempic” and revisit Rose’s disastrous experience with OrlistatFOLLOW to stay up to date with A Matter of Fat.RESOURCES:Pennington Biomedical Research Center: Food noise studyhttps://www.pbrc.edu/news/media/2026/food-noise-eco.aspxThe Food Noise Questionnairehttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oby.24216UCL and BMC Medicine: 1.6 million UK adults used weight-loss drugs in the past yearhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1111695Major, Rathbone, Blodorn and Hunger: The Countervailing Effects of Weight Stigma on Weight-Loss Motivation and Perceived Capacity for Weight Controlhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167220903184Sutin and Terracciano: Perceived Weight Discrimination and Obesityhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0070048FIND US 👇Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amatteroffatpod/Rose Stokes: https://www.instagram.com/rosestokes/Giles Yeo: https://www.instagram.com/gilesyeo/Questions, thoughts, constructive criticism or a story you want to share?Email us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  TRAILER: A Matter of Fat 27.08.2026

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