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The LIVING Room Podcast | Inside The WNDR Lab

The LIVING Room Podcast | Inside The WNDR Lab

Obesity Is a Brain Disease, Not a Willpower Problem

Oct 28, 2026 · 1h 37m

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What if obesity was never about willpower? Dr. Matthias Tschöp, President of LMU Munich, co-discovered ghrelin and the hormone science behind Ozempic, Mounjaro, and retatrutide. This episode explains how GLP-1 weight loss drugs actually work, why obesity is now understood as a brain disease rather than a failure of willpower, and what comes next for anti-obesity medication, for anyone trying to understand the science behind the biggest medical story in a generation. This conversation covers ...