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[00:00:17] from last year showed that seven out of
[00:00:20] 10 female content creators suffer digital
[00:00:24] violence and if you are part of the lgbtq+
[00:00:27] community you are three times more likely
[00:00:31] to suffer harassment or to
[00:00:34] the severity is more present in cases of have what you say invalidated and that is cold, very strong data in which we have
[00:00:38] to well, stop and think what are we doing with
[00:00:42] our time, but above all
[00:00:45] head region when patients are in with social networks, right? Uh, for example, with the case of LGB2
[00:00:49] Q and more we talked about it
[00:00:52] in terms of the algorithm, right? It's not that the algorithm or the
[00:00:55] social network is open, respectful, not
[00:00:59] homophobic. directly that it hates you, but we are immersed
[00:01:03] in a society that if it causes
[00:01:05] Criticizing bodies on them noise and everything, with a simple report
[00:01:08] button for that content, the
[00:01:12] algorithm says, "Oh, that's wrong," and everything, so the algorithm is
[00:01:15] statistics, it's not something direct
[00:01:19] and that's why we have to control ourselves with social networks, well,
[00:01:23] but how? Because you fall, effectively, you fall
[00:01:27] into a situation of addiction, of a trap
[00:01:31] open, that is, from stage two of of what, what is happening, who is saying it, what is
[00:01:34] even the news you are finding out through there, yes, an addiction, it can become
[00:01:38] an addiction to social networks, that's why we spend so
[00:01:41] much time on those platforms
[00:01:43] and another of the consequences that can happen
[00:01:47] with the use are psychological
[00:01:50] problems, we can fall
[00:01:54] into self-esteem problems since
[00:01:57] algorithms and social networks prioritize more heteronormative
[00:02:01] bodies, so the
[00:02:03] constant comparison of ourselves
[00:02:07] with this type of content can lead to
[00:02:10] us not feeling comfortable with our body and everything, that's why this
[00:02:15] it's 4 hours but compared clinical case of Snapchat
[00:02:18] dysmorphia came out, right? That people sought to
[00:02:22] operate in the way they would look similar to the filters that appeared on
[00:02:25] social networks, apart from that, as you
[00:02:29] said, it also becomes an addiction, and it can cause stress,
[00:02:31] anguish, this has also been proven,
[00:02:34] there is also a study that recorded neuronal
[00:02:39] uh, people's activity when a notification arrives and
[00:02:41] everything and you release a lot of dopamine, so that's
[00:02:45] why it becomes an addiction again, that's why you hear this little message
[00:02:49] of the notification and you say "oh, let's see what it is" and
[00:02:52] you see the like and you release dopamine and you say "oh yes" and you
[00:02:56] Because these social networks what go back and go back and go back, you become dependent on this. No,
[00:03:00] and you compare, right? How many likes does another person have, how many,
[00:03:04] no, even uh, I think you start
[00:03:08] with the likes that other people have, but then
[00:03:11] you start with the likes you had before, right? And you say, "Ah,
[00:03:14] well, for example, oh, here
[00:03:18] uh, I showed a little more here, no, and that has more
[00:03:21] likes, so I'm going to show more," that is the price we pay
[00:03:24] in order to have that social acceptance and
[00:03:28] it's something we have to be very careful about because
[00:03:32] how far could we go to
[00:03:35] uh be valid for other people, so here are
[00:03:39] some points, let's see what
[00:03:42] could be very important, first of all, this is
[00:03:46] a point we already talked about, cure the algorithm, right?
[00:03:49] Uh, cure it,
[00:03:53] how? Uh, you can restart the application you're
[00:03:56] using, we have to delete cookies,
[00:04:01] which are these data that absorb information from other platforms to give you the content you
[00:04:05] want, have a critical scroll,
[00:04:08] scroll and like critical things, not just sharing
[00:04:12] for the sake of sharing, be aware of what
[00:04:16] we are seeing and what we want to see, if we are simply watching videos
[00:04:19] of jokes or videos of kittens and everything that doesn't contribute
[00:04:23] anything, well, we can skip those and better
[00:04:27] prioritize videos that make us
[00:04:30] believe in critical thinking, not just staying in one because we can
[00:04:34] create this bubble of information that we
[00:04:37] cannot escape, these echo chambers, so we have to be
[00:04:41] very selective when
[00:04:45] it comes to having these types of
[00:04:48] likes, another thing
[00:04:50] against diet culture: "You're beautiful, no we can do is something very visual, you can do this from
[00:04:54] your phone, the icons of the
[00:04:56] applications
[00:04:58] have these colors. Not only because they are beautiful, but because they are psychologically
[00:05:02] studied to attract attention, so
[00:05:05] there are ways that your phone can make these
[00:05:09] applications, not only social networks but all
[00:05:12] the ones you have, stay in a monochromatic
[00:05:16] color, a gray, a black and everything and it doesn't attract as much
[00:05:19] attention, so that can be done, that can be done, so you can control it, so it
[00:05:23] doesn't attract as much attention, the fact of having this blue
[00:05:27] light that is your phone constantly looking at it and everything
[00:05:31] because it is also damaging to the
[00:05:34] eye in the long run, right? That many say
[00:05:38] who knows what will happen to us in the future because it is
[00:05:42] so used to being on television, on computers, on
[00:05:46] phones, even it's already night and we have our
[00:05:49] phone here, so we also have to take care of that very important
[00:05:52] part of health, another very important point is
[00:05:56] disconnecting notifications, that is, deleting
[00:06:00] notifications so as not to have this anxiety
[00:06:04] that I get a message and everything, oh well, I'll
[00:06:07] check it, of course, we could
[00:06:09] prioritize certain applications, maybe WhatsApp, no, WhatsApp, yes, leave
[00:06:13] the notifications active because you never
[00:06:17] know when you need an urgent message and everything, maybe
[00:06:20] I, personally, would leave those as the
[00:06:24] only active notifications because I think that being connected is very
[00:06:28] important, but the rest of what is
[00:06:31] Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat,
[00:06:35] Bumble, any application that you choose
[00:06:38] as your favorite, I think it is good to eliminate
[00:06:42] this notification sound and choose a time to
[00:06:46] check them, say, "you know what, from 2 to 3 in the afternoon, at
[00:06:49] lunchtime, from 3 to 4, I'm eating, I see the
[00:06:53] notifications, I see this and here so that not
[00:06:56] and finally, there are applications that regulate the
[00:06:59] use of other social networks, right? You can put a
[00:07:02] padlock on them, they are social networks that are
[00:07:06] applications that you tell I don't
[00:07:08] know
[00:07:11] Instagram, we are going to dedicate 2 hours, to TikTok
[00:07:15] only one hour, to Facebook
[00:07:18] half an hour, right? And that already
[00:07:21] makes your phone have a timer and you can't go over that
[00:07:24] so obviously if we add that up
[00:07:28] to 9 hours and 13 minutes, yes, it's terrible, if
[00:07:31] there is a time practically
[00:07:35] uh all your working day, all your waking day, well, being
[00:07:38] focused there and being quite
[00:07:41] addictive and I have been there, I think we have all been
[00:07:45] in that moment let's go with
[00:07:48] something so simple,
[00:07:51] minds, attention is already very
[00:07:55] short, it has already been seen that movies
[00:07:58] have been shortening their time, episodes too, in fact, series
[00:08:02] are no longer like before, before they were 24 chapters, now they are eight
[00:08:05] chapters, why?
[00:08:09] they do is give us a lot of microcontent, content
[00:08:12] that doesn't exceed a minute, that doesn't exceed 30 seconds because you lose
[00:08:15] the user's attention, so we got so used
[00:08:19] to it that many people, even if they are watching a movie that
[00:08:22] lasts an hour and a half, which is not a lot of time, it is a time that can
[00:08:26] their phone, no, they are not even paying
[00:08:29] attention, well thank you very much for this tour, for social
[00:08:33] networks and for what it also means to start
[00:08:36] making our eventual disconnections, Arisal, yes, just little
[00:08:40] by little, but yes, focus on real life, not on
[00:09:55] We have on the line Dr. Marcela Hernández from the Dermatology
[00:09:59] Service of the Manuel Gea González General Hospital precisely
[00:10:02] so that we know how to treat these pressure ulcers and how to
[00:10:06] prevent them. How are you, Doctor? Thanks for being on Much More Than
[00:10:09] Two.
[00:10:11] Hello, well. Good morning, fine, thank you very much for the
[00:10:14] invitation, well, we were already defining
[00:10:18] what these pressure ulcers are, but I think
[00:10:22] it's also convenient for you to give us a little description
[00:10:26] from a medical point of view of these wounds that form on the
[00:10:29] skin and their degree, right? Their degree of
[00:10:33] severity, Doctor.
[00:10:37] Of course, uh, well, pressure ulcers, as their name suggests,
[00:10:40] are uh a product
[00:10:43] of the impact of the surface on the
[00:10:46] bony prominences of the body. They mainly occur in areas where we have
[00:10:50] bone in close contact with the skin, that is, there isn't much
[00:10:53] subcutaneous fat, much fat covering those
[00:10:57] bones, such as, for example, uh, the bony prominences that
[00:11:00] would normally be affected would be the hip, the sacral
[00:11:04] region, uh, sometimes it can even affect the heels or even the
[00:11:10] bed and lean too much on one point of the head, these
[00:11:14] ulcers can also appear. Generally, we see them in people who have
[00:11:18] mobility problems, either because they have an illness that
[00:11:21] keeps them in bed or because they have some
[00:11:25] condition in which uh well, it prevents them from moving,
[00:11:28] right? People who have some uh paraplegia,
[00:11:32] fractures or who have some medical device that prevents
[00:11:36] them from moving freely, can develop
[00:11:39] these pressure ulcers
[00:11:42] and well, they can range from lesions that only involve a
[00:11:46] slight redness of the skin, those would be like grade one,
[00:11:49] to lesions that even reach deep tissues like the
[00:11:53] bone, that is, literally we can see... three large cavities in which
[00:11:56] exposed bone is seen and those are grade
[00:12:00] four and it can be very serious, even the bone can become
[00:12:03] infected, requiring antibiotics and
[00:12:05] hospitalization, so well, we have to know
[00:12:09] how to prevent them, sometimes when you have a patient
[00:12:12] like the one you mentioned, Doctor, in a situation
[00:12:15] of immobility, one feels that well, it's almost
[00:12:19] impossible to stop them, right? But what
[00:12:23] should be done? What must be done
[00:12:27] is to try to treat the patient in an integral
[00:12:30] way, they must have their illnesses controlled
[00:12:34] and we must perhaps give them medical treatment for some illness
[00:12:37] because that will have a great impact on whether
[00:12:41] patients can recover or can have a benefit to their
[00:12:45] overall health and furthermore, we must
[00:12:48] ensure we have protection zones precisely for the
[00:12:52] bony prominences, meaning we can use
[00:12:55] gel pads, foams, some mattresses that also have
[00:12:59] different types of, uh, like
[00:13:01] little air pockets that inflate and deflate that are called alternating pressure
[00:13:05] mattresses, uh, keep changing their position at least
[00:13:09] every 2 hours and try to avoid them staying in the same
[00:13:12] position constantly, try to keep them moving,
[00:13:16] keep the skin in good condition, put cream on it,
[00:13:19] keep the patient clean, avoid them, for example, using
[00:13:22] a diaper and leaving it dirty for a long time and
[00:13:26] uh try also, well,
[00:13:28] to prevent it precisely from the moment we see the redness, pay more
[00:13:32] attention to that area so that it doesn't progress, yes, because
[00:13:36] humidity plays a role, right? The
[00:13:38] parts
[00:13:42] exactly, yes, humidity and the use of diapers
[00:13:45] or some, for example, mattresses that are a little more
[00:13:49] plastic could generate more humidity and that also damages
[00:13:52] the skin and well, it can lead to
[00:13:57] What is shearing, Doctor? Shearing
[00:14:00] is a way in which
[00:14:04] mechanically the skin uh has friction with a
[00:14:07] surface, for example, when we are uh slightly
[00:14:11] reclined on a pillow or on the bed that
[00:14:15] we have our head slightly raised and we are
[00:14:18] on a plane not totally lying down, like one starts
[00:14:22] to slide, so to speak, on the bed, right? So the
[00:14:26] skin has a uh friction mechanism
[00:14:29] against the bed or against the surface on which we are sitting
[00:14:33] or lying down, it is from there that pressure
[00:14:36] ulcers can also be generated, agreed, once we have detected
[00:14:40] that a bedsore is appearing as you said, level one,
[00:14:44] which is the redness there, uh,
[00:14:47] apart from that, perhaps we can make this change of
[00:14:51] mattress, put these uh well, like
[00:14:55] uh small cushions, some things that have to do
[00:14:59] with another texture, more friendly to the body,
[00:15:03] but in terms of applying, if you apply some
[00:15:06] creams or what do we do there or some special
[00:15:08] ointments,
[00:15:11] there are several products, let's say, on the market that can
[00:15:15] work, really it's not so much that
[00:15:18] we need a very special cream but to keep
[00:15:21] the skin hydrated, it can be with a cream, let's say, a
[00:15:25] commercial body cream,
[00:15:28] also keep it dry, perhaps if we see that it is an area of a lot of
[00:15:31] humidity, uh these creams with zinc oxide, similar
[00:15:36] to the ones we use with babies when they have diaper rash, could also
[00:15:39] work, for example, on the buttocks, in the genital area, uh there
[00:15:43] that are areas of a lot of humidity, uh we could
[00:15:46] apply them, but as long as we keep the skin hydrated with a
[00:15:50] white body cream, and not too much color, and that it is a
[00:15:54] greasy cream and we keep the area
[00:15:58] clean and dry, then that would be more than enough,
[00:16:01] Doctor, we also saw here, we heard rather in the hard
[00:16:04] data that this type of problem occurs in women
[00:16:08] or that sometimes
[00:16:12] women, uh, do you corroborate this from your
[00:16:16] clinical experience?
[00:16:19] Well, actually, here in the dermatology service where I am,
[00:16:22] we receive women and men
[00:16:26] equally, we don't see such a predominance
[00:16:29] in gender, maybe it could be that it's reported a little more in
[00:16:33] women, because generally women go to health
[00:16:37] services more than men, so probably many
[00:16:41] times in men it's underdiagnosed because they
[00:16:44] don't go to health services as much as women,
[00:16:47] but in general it can affect both sexes
[00:16:51] equally and in the part you already mentioned,
[00:16:54] Dr. Marcela Hernández, regarding infections,
[00:16:57] there we do have to pay special
[00:17:01] attention, what do we do?
[00:17:04] Yes, in general, when the skin is already
[00:17:08] pressure injuries, well, the skin, let's say,
[00:17:12] normally forms a protective barrier against the environment, so
[00:17:16] when the skin is already broken, when it has opened, we must maintain
[00:17:20] a lot of hygiene in the purations, keep the area clean, it can even be
[00:17:23] simple hygiene with soap, with water and a mild
[00:17:27] soap, uh or some commercial antiseptic like
[00:17:31] uh those that contain hypochlorous acid,
[00:17:34] uh that type of antiseptics can help
[00:17:37] us keep the area clean so that bacteria do not proliferate there in the
[00:17:41] wound and uh maintain, well, precisely the measures
[00:17:45] of uh prevention and treatment, which is mobilization,
[00:17:48] right? Uh, if we continue uh on the same pressure
[00:17:51] point, uh even if we are doing the best purations
[00:17:55] in the world, the patient will not heal, so
[00:17:58] we need to emphasize
[00:18:02] especially mobilization, keep the wound clean
[00:18:05] and cover it, preferably
[00:18:07] always cover wounds, I know many people say that you have to let
[00:18:11] the wound ventilate or breathe to heal, the truth is
[00:18:14] that it has already been proven that keeping a wound covered,
[00:18:17] as long as it does not have a very
[00:18:20] serious infectious issue, uh, but keeping wounds
[00:18:24] covered precisely prevents dust, fecal matter or some
[00:18:28] situation, let's say, from the environment that could
[00:18:31] uh promote the
[00:18:33] development of microorganisms.
[00:18:35] Well, then let's go, to point three, because you said broken skin is
[00:18:39] the second phase, right?
[00:18:42] The first is redness, what would be phase three,
[00:18:45] Doctor? Phase three is when there is
[00:18:48] exposure of deeper tissues such as muscle,
[00:18:52] tendons, so uh, for example,
[00:18:55] we see this very frequently in the sacral and hip area, uh
[00:18:59] there, well, uh we have a little
[00:19:02] more tissue, so we start to see even exposed
[00:19:05] muscle, uh there, well, even though we still don't see the
[00:19:08] bone because bone is grade four, well, that means that the affection
[00:19:12] is greater,
[00:19:15] in grade four we are already with an infection
[00:19:18] declared, in grade four it does not properly
[00:19:22] mean infection, but rather that tissue was
[00:19:25] destroyed so much that it reached the bone, it may not be
[00:19:29] infected, but tissue is destroyed by pressure
[00:19:32] until it reached the bone of the
[00:19:34] wound, is there a way to... reverse this
[00:19:38] situation, Dr. Marcela Hernández? Yes,
[00:19:41] there is a way, but it is a rather
[00:19:44] complex issue, in general we need a lot of support from
[00:19:48] the network of caregivers who have the patient to keep them
[00:19:51] moving, the patient must have special
[00:19:54] nutritional management in which we
[00:19:57] increase protein intake so that their body has the
[00:20:00] possibility of regenerating tissue,
[00:20:04] we also sometimes have to resort to some procedures
[00:20:07] or some special wound dressing materials,
[00:20:11] also control all the diseases the
[00:20:14] patient has, because when the body is sick sometimes
[00:20:18] well, it precisely directs more energy towards treating the
[00:20:22] disease, for example, whether it's cancer, uncontrolled
[00:20:25] diabetes, some infection in another part of the
[00:20:29] body, so we need to control all
[00:20:32] that so that the wound can heal.
[00:20:35] Well, definitely then, from phase one we have to be
[00:20:39] very, very vigilant because also, uh, in each
[00:20:42] stage, I imagine the pain increases, right? Because there is
[00:20:46] discomfort and pain always, right? Yes, also.
[00:20:50] It is very painful for patients, I mean, with the exception of those who, for example, already
[00:20:54] have a problem with a spinal injury or something
[00:20:58] that causes them to have insensitivity, but
[00:21:01] uh, in general, if they have normal sensitivity, then yes, it is somewhat
[00:21:04] painful. So, well, that's where the
[00:21:08] care is, in any case, uh
[00:21:11] these cushions, this can
[00:21:14] also be put especially in these parts where the pressure is
[00:21:18] more severe, you already mentioned the
[00:21:20] heels. Exactly, the heels,
[00:21:24] there are some heel protectors as they are called, which are like special
[00:21:27] cushions to put on the heels, and the
[00:21:31] fact of also using these devices that are to prevent and to
[00:21:35] treat pressure sores, does not exempt us from
[00:21:38] having to move the patient because many times, uh, we do get to see
[00:21:42] family members say, "well, I already bought the mattress, I already
[00:21:45] bought the cushion, I already bought the heel protectors and they are still getting ulcers, why?"
[00:21:49] Because even so, despite buying all these
[00:21:53] devices, we still have to mobilize the patient.
[00:21:57] It's necessary to mobilize them anyway, and of course, that also requires
[00:22:00] specialization, of course, right? Knowing how to manage and how
[00:22:04] to move them, yes, also,
[00:22:08] but that's what's important, and well, knowing that all these supplies
[00:22:12] exist that can help caregivers, right? Caregivers in
[00:22:16] the management of these patients to prevent ulcers, anything else you would like to...
[00:22:20] add, Doctor, that you would like to add, that the
[00:22:23] audience should know to treat these bedsores, these
[00:22:26] pressure ulcers?
[00:22:29] Uh, well, yes, that in general also, uh, take great care of the
[00:22:32] nutrition of your patients, a good diet will also
[00:22:36] improve uh the
[00:22:40] speed with which wounds heal and that in case
[00:22:44] they require uh some
[00:22:47] advice for wound care, well, the treatment is
[00:22:51] by several specialties, let's say, not only dermatologists dedicate
[00:22:54] ourselves to this, but also the geriatrician or the internist or
[00:22:58] even general practitioners,
[00:23:02] nurses, uh, physical therapists too,
[00:23:06] uh, and for the care as such of the wounds
[00:23:09] it can also be surgeons or well,
[00:23:11] dermatologists, to go to any of this medical
[00:23:15] personnel, uh, well, to find out, to recognize what we have
[00:23:19] to do, to know how to do it, but thank you very much, we thank
[00:23:22] Dr. Marcela Hernández from the dermatology service of the
[00:23:26] Manuel Gea González general hospital, your presence here in Much More Than Two, we
[00:23:29] wish you a very good day and thank you, thank you very much.
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[00:26:28] popular hashtag Skinny Talk was officially banned in June
[00:26:32] 2025, but the toxic content
[00:26:35] remains. The message is: you're not ugly, you're just
[00:26:38] fat. Ugh, you think it's never been this
[00:26:41] bad? No, we've seen this before.
[00:26:45] Let's remember how things used to be. The motto, "Nothing
[00:26:48] tastes as good as feeling thin." In the 90s and
[00:26:52] 2000s, Kate Moss was one of the most sought-after models, the
[00:26:56] face of the heroin chic trend. Bodies like
[00:26:59] this were considered too fat. Nicole
[00:27:03] Richie was called Paris Hilton's chubby sidekick.
[00:27:08] tabloid magazine covers was quite normal. In Bridget
[00:27:11] Jones's Diary, the protagonist
[00:27:15] weighed approximately 65 kg,
[00:27:18] about 143 pounds, and measured
[00:27:21] 1.65 m. Now it is considered healthy,
[00:27:25] but her questionable overweight was a central theme of the
[00:27:28] movie. And Spice Girl Geri Halliwell was asked to step on
[00:27:32] a scale during a live television interview, which now,
[00:27:35] fortunately, is totally out of place. The early
[00:27:39] 2000s aesthetic has returned: low-rise jeans,
[00:27:42] size zero, and being thin. Diet culture is reinventing
[00:27:46] itself for the digital age. Now it's called skinny
[00:27:49] inspiration, with many filters and very dangerous.
[00:27:53] Eating disorders and body dysmorphia are on the
[00:27:57] rise again. In the last 20 years, cases of eating
[00:28:01] disorders have almost doubled globally, and the
[00:28:04] real figures may be even higher than what the
[00:28:08] statistics show. The latest wave of dieting is a sign that
[00:28:11] something is changing in our society, politics, and
[00:28:14] culture. Social media amplifies an old
[00:28:18] problem: you don't diet just for yourself, you are
[00:28:21] influenced by your environment and the political context.
[00:28:24] In times of political instability, the desire for
[00:28:28] control grows. Wars, pandemics,
[00:28:33] climate crisis, all overwhelming experiences
[00:28:36] and it leads us to want to control the only thing
[00:28:39] we can, our body. Fitness monitoring, optimization,
[00:28:43] fasting, self-discipline become a substitute for the
[00:28:46] feeling of security.
[00:28:49] Now we don't just count calories, we also
[00:28:52] count likes. Views and
[00:28:56] comments reinforce social control. Fifty
[00:28:58] years ago, someone noticed something similar. The French
[00:29:02] philosopher Michel Foucault described a phenomenon typical
[00:29:06] of humans in Discipline and Punish. Foucault would not have
[00:29:09] called it self-optimization, but
[00:29:12] disciplinary power. We exercise self-control and
[00:29:15] strict discipline because we have internalized norms and
[00:29:19] ideals. The pressure does not come directly from laws or
[00:29:22] violence, it comes from personal pressure. We are not
[00:29:26] just optimizing our body, we are
[00:29:29] demonstrating our power of control. But what Foucault
[00:29:32] probably did not anticipate is that now there are injections
[00:29:36] that promise to make that control even easier
[00:29:40] and that can worsen the
[00:29:41] problem.
[00:29:44] Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk, Sharon Osbourne, and many
[00:29:48] more have admitted it, they lost weight using injections.
[00:29:51] How does it work? Our colleagues at Enforma explained it when
[00:29:55] the buzz began. The drug acts on different parts
[00:29:58] of the body, imitating a messenger substance produced naturally
[00:30:02] in the body, the hormone
[00:30:05] CLP-1, which is normally released in the
[00:30:08] intestine. The medication slows down stomach movements
[00:30:11] so that food stays there longer.
[00:30:14] Now anyone can lose weight if they want and can
[00:30:17] afford it. Generally, patients must bear the
[00:30:21] cost of the injections, and their application is
[00:30:24] considered an aesthetic treatment. Many people
[00:30:27] access them without medical necessity, through
[00:30:30] lenient doctors, online platforms, or
[00:30:34] private imports. The market is already very large and
[00:30:38] continues to grow rapidly. Who are the
[00:30:41] typical users? White, with good health
[00:30:44] insurance, and high income. People with lower incomes
[00:30:48] or no insurance have much less access to these drugs,
[00:30:51] despite often facing greater risks of obesity. The
[00:30:55] global rise of weight loss injections is not just about
[00:30:59] image.