The widespread adoption of GLP-1 weight loss medications and celebrity transformations is creating a cultural shift that mental health experts say threatens body positivity progress. Advocates report feeling like years of work promoting body acceptance are being reversed as ultra-thinness returns to mainstream media prominence.
The body positivity movement gained momentum in the 2010s following the "heroin-chic" aesthetic of the 1990s and early 2000s. However, the current trend toward dramatic weight loss, aided by accessible GLP-1 drugs and high-profile celebrity transformations, appears to be reversing that progress toward body diversity acceptance.