About
This edition of Kennismakers looks at the societal health gains of weight-loss medication. It asks who benefits, who can afford it, and what the downsides are.
What to expect
This edition of Kennismakers examines the societal health gains of weight-loss medication and its rapid rise in the Netherlands.
- Weight-loss medication in focus
- Often used without a prescription
- Also sold on the black market
- Often used without obesity
- Intended for obesity as a disease
- Possible flattened moods and sunken faces
- Yo-yo effects after weight loss
- More than half of Dutch people overweight
- Question of who can afford it
Questions
When does Kennismakers: who benefits from weight-loss medication? start and end?
Kennismakers: who benefits from weight-loss medication? runs Wednesday, 9 December 2026, 19:30.
Where is Kennismakers: who benefits from weight-loss medication??
Kennismakers: who benefits from weight-loss medication? takes place at De Balie, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, Amsterdam.
What is this edition about?
It looks at the societal health gains of weight-loss medication. It asks whether a weight-loss revolution is coming or whether obesity injections mainly stand in the way of social change.
How is the medication often used?
Hundreds of thousands of Dutch people inject weekly. It is often obtained without a doctor's prescription, via the black market, and without obesity.
What downsides are mentioned?
The description mentions flattened moods, sunken faces and yo-yo effects.
Amsterdam
Getting there
De Balie, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 1017 RR Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
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