Jul 27, 2026 · 48 min · 16 segments
Few areas of healthcare have changed as rapidly over the past three years as obesity medicine. With medications such as semaglutide and tirzepatide transforming the conversation around obesity, Bruce…
Donal O'SheaGuest
Aoife HearneGuest
Bruce WardropHost
Unfortunately, 95% of people are of the view it's a lifestyle related condition.
So there's been a big change, but the vast majority of people are still looking at it as a lifestyle-related problem.
The kind of banner for understanding obesity, that kind of headline, people who understand are more likely to survive.
And that's whatever you talk about, whether it's COVID-19, whether it's cancer, whether it's safety on the roads.
But once you have the disease of obesity... you need treatment for the disease of obesity.
But the majority and the general view is, look, honestly, if they could just eat less and move more, it would sort the problem.
So what is it that we now understand about obesity that is different? How has the definition of it changed or the approach to treatment started to change?
Unfortunately, 95% of people are of the view it's a lifestyle related condition.
So there's been a big change, but the vast majority of people are still looking at it as a lifestyle-related problem.
The kind of banner for understanding obesity, that kind of headline, people who understand are more likely to survive.
And that's whatever you talk about, whether it's COVID-19, whether it's cancer, whether it's safety on the roads.
But once you have the disease of obesity... you need treatment for the disease of obesity.
But the majority and the general view is, look, honestly, if they could just eat less and move more, it would sort the problem.
So what is it that we now understand about obesity that is different? How has the definition of it changed or the approach to treatment started to change?
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