Health & Fitness

A Matter of Fat

by Rose Stokes & Professor Giles Yeo

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About the show

The show for anyone who's got no idea what they think about weight in 2026 Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy have changed the conversation around weight and bodies faster than any of us has managed to think it all through. The weight-loss drugs, the diets, the shame, the money and the judgement have left most of us with no idea what we think anymore. Is thinner really better? Or healthier? What is the social and emotional cost of a life spent pursuing it? And can't we all just be kinder to each other? Each week, journalist Rose Stokes and Professor Giles Yeo MBE, one of the world's leading obesity scientists based at Cambridge University, take on a different part of the conversation nobody can quite get straight. One of them brings the science, the other brings thirty years of lived experience. Neither pretends to have it figured out — and they don't always agree. Honest conversations about GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and what they actually do to your body, food noise, why diets fail, semaglutide and the science behind it, what Ozempic is doing to body positivity, ultra-processed food, weight stigma, and who can afford to escape judgement and who can't. Plus two regular segments: Fat Check, testing the science of the internet's wildest weight-loss myths, and Diets I've Survived, rating diets so you don't have to. New episodes every Tuesday. Follow now so you don't miss one. Got a question, a thought, or a story of your own? Email us at amatteroffatpod@gmail.com Artwork: sisterstudiouk Editing: offpaperstudios Producer: Rose Stokes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

They made us fat. Now they're selling us thin.

October 5, 2026 · 49 min

Big Food helped create the obesity crisis. Should the same industry be allowed to profit from the solution? A Matter of Fat is a podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly changing conversation…
What Happens When Ozempic Costs £10?

September 28, 2026 · 55 min

Who gets to be healthy when nutritious food, time, exercise and weight-loss medication all cost money? A Matter of Fat is a podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly changing conversation…
Food Noise vs Jab Noise: Which is Louder?

September 21, 2026 · 43 min

Episode 3: GLP-1 medications might quieten food noise, but has the noise around weight-loss jabs become impossible to escape? A Matter of Fat is a podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly…
After The After: If We Know Diets Don't Work, Why Do We Still Try?

September 14, 2026 · 40 min

What happens after the dramatic “after” photo? A Matter of Fat is a podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly changing conversation around them. Hosted by journalist Rose Stokes, who brings 30…
Ozempic Shrinks Everything Except the Shame

September 14, 2026 · 48 min

What are we supposed to think about weight in 2026? A Matter of Fat is a new podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly changing conversation around them. Hosted by journalist Rose Stokes, who…
TRAILER: A Matter of Fat

August 27, 2026 · 1 min

Trailer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.