NEW: 4,000+ ads for Ozempic-style drugs found running on Instagram and Facebook, capitalizing on a surge of interest in the medications.
Jake Pikula, 28, said he first started noticing Ozempic ads on Instagram in late May and has gotten them several times a day since.
She said she began to pay more attention to cultural expectations around body image after a family member was hospitalized with the eating disorder anorexia. She even curated her social media feeds to cut out negative posts. Hadrian Flyte, a 34-year-old in northwest Arkansas, said his Facebook feed is choked with Ozempic ads — especially after he’s been at the gym or posted on Facebook about working out.
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