{"id":385295,"date":"2026-04-18T04:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385295\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T04:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:40:12","slug":"losing-weight-but-losing-joy-too-the-dark-side-of-weight-loss-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385295\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing Weight But Losing Joy Too? The Dark Side of Weight Loss Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Firstpost Image\" title=\"Firstpost\" id=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dygt1qOFjG-1704-OZEMPICVOD4Kjpg-uW5jWSgt0y.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/firstpost.png\" alt=\"logo\" class=\"jsx-2bf687ef3d6e2fdd\"\/>Losing Weight But Losing Joy Too? The Dark Side of Weight Loss Drugs | Vantage on Firstpost<\/p>\n<p class=\"jsx-2bf687ef3d6e2fdd popdclmr\">This is an AI-generated summary and has not been vetted by the Firstpost editorial team<\/p>\n<p>A new class of weight loss drugs is transforming bodies and possibly minds. Medications like Ozempic and Wegovy promise dramatic results, helping users shed up to 25% of their weight. But beneath the surface, a quieter shift is raising concerns. From muscle loss and &#8216;Ozempic face&#8217; to a growing number of users reporting emotional numbness and anhedonia, the side effects may go beyond the physical. Hem Saroya tells you more.&#13;<br \/>\n&#8230;Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Losing Weight But Losing Joy Too? The Dark Side of Weight Loss Drugs | Vantage on Firstpost This&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[134,524,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-385295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-medication","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}