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Do celebrities who have built careers advocating for body positivity owe their audiences an explanation when they abandon it in pursuit of thinness? It’s a question that, in various forms, has been raised online in recent months. A few years ago, I would have said a resolute no. Someone’s body is only their business, and it is the systems we live in that are at fault. But then the rise of semaglutide injections happened, where the rich and famous had first access, and dozens of celebrities lied about taking it. The moral lines blurred a little, with worrying unregulated access, black market sales and a shortage for the people who actually need it to treat diabetes. We had our first semaglutide...