Istill remember the first time I was introduced to the concept of “fat”. I was watching an aunt dissect a piece of fried chicken at dinner, using a knife and fork to peel off the skin to reveal the juicy, marbled white layer underneath. “So much fat,” she sighed, leaving it untouched at the side of her plate.

Fat gets a bad rep . Aside from the all-too-brief blip of body positivity in the 2010s, many of us have spent most of our lives locked in a never-ending struggle against fat. We judge harshly when we see it on other people. We don’t like it in our food or on our bodies. GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, now increasingly used off-label by those who are not overweight or diabetic, are just the latest weapon in our battle against fat.

Well, just in time for the upcoming festive

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