This 🧵 and the article written by @shanti_das and @JonUngoedThomas in last weekends @observer is phenomenal. It's about time the mainstream media starts looking at the unethical practices of @novonordisk and holding them to account.
To add context to this tweet, Novo bought and paid for the so called "anti- oB*siTy" drug market a long time ago, and here's how

1️⃣ they created a fictional condition called pre-diabetes through the PR department of the @AmDiabetesAssn.
2️⃣ They established and funded a number of organisations whose sole agenda was to pathologise fatness and ensure everyone saw it is a serious health condition. They include @ObesitySociety @ObesityAction @WorldObesity and many more.
3️⃣ Through these organisations they were able to influence politicians, policymakers, guidelines committees and the media into promoting weight loss as part of a drive to improve the nation's health. Only it didn't work. Because weight loss is unsustainable and counterproductive.
All it did was further stigmatise and marginalised an already marginalised group of people. Which brings me to my next point.
4️⃣ They forced our hand. You want help with fertility? Lose weight first. You want a life altering operation? Lose weight first.
You want to be taken seriously in the workplace? Lose weight first. You want to win an election, get a promotion, be treated like a human being? Lose weight first. And how do we lose weight? Well that's easy, you can take a drug now!
5️⃣ "Fighting" weight stigma. This part is sneaky. Because fighting weight stigma is a good thing, isn't it? Well that depends on your underlying agenda. Novo want us to believe that being fat is a disease, and that people first language will benefit us.
Pathologising fatness only benefits the weight loss industry, including drug companies and bariatric surgeons. People First language goes against everything the fat community is fighting for. And yet they are praised by experts and influencers alike.
6️⃣ They are involved in a number of projects across a wide array of fields. For example they were involved in the movie #TheWhale. They financed and influenced the recent @AmerAcadPeds guidelines I like to refer as "how to give children eating disorders".
They bought and paid for the NICE decision to approve Wegovy last week. They have been funding weight loss programmes in the UK illegally. I have proof to back up every one of these claims but nobody is listening. Except maybe Shanti and Jon. I've emailed it to them. Let's see 🤷🏻

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