Oprah Winfrey says she takes weight loss medication, had to get over ‘shame’ about using it

By Minyvonne Burke Oprah Winfrey’s slimmed-down frame can be credited to weight loss medication and a holistic approach, the media mogul told People magazine in an interview published Wednesday. Winfrey said she uses the medication “as a tool” to manage her weight as she sheds pounds, admitting to People in an exclusive interview that she had to overcome her own “shame about it.” “I now use it as I feel I need it, as a tool to manage not yo-yoing,” she said. “The fact that there’s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like The post Oprah Winfrey says she takes weight loss medication, had to get over ‘shame’ about using it appeared first on HBCU News.