A look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it – from his personal experience on Ozempic to our ability to heal our society's dysfunctional relationship with food, weight, and our bodies.
An easy-to-read summary of just what the subtitle suggests — benefits and risks — though there are a couple of points about which I think he’s wrong. And the amount of digressive fluff... implies this could have easily been a long magazine article rather than a short book ... Hari’s reputation, as well as his sloppiness, casts a shadow over even the most poignant portions of the book ... Though the book is pleasant and informative, it consistently makes aha moments out of familiar concepts.
Like so many who start to research our relationship with food for the first time, Hari is blown away by what he finds, and honest enough to recount it unadorned ... Magic Pill is a wonderfully accessible exploration of one of the most complex problems of our age. Hari highlights the risks of the new drugs, but also their benefits ... If I have a criticism of the book, it’s that, like so many of his generation, Hari doesn’t push hard enough for a political fix to the tsunami of ultra-processed foods that are sickening us.
[Hari] skillfully explores the effectiveness and the risks of Ozempic—as well as Wegovy and Mounjaro—and vividly depicts the food environment that has created a need for them ... One great strength of Magic Pill is Mr. Hari’s measured approach.
