STAT Magazine: Black voices, Black bodies: Life in the age of Ozempic
Written by Anissa Durham
Photo Direction by Crystal Milner
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Jonathan Gustave said the comfort and connection with food became a crutch during difficult times.
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‘I found comfort and connection with food’
Jonathan Gustave, Orlando, Fla., 38, licensed marriage and family therapist
![Sudi Kamose wants doctors to recognize there’s always been body diversity.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfcd3453393084d749da77d/d810f9ec-ad09-43d0-9fae-b79600e0878c/11424-sudi-kamose-dundee-fl-35.jpg)
Sudi Kamose wants doctors to recognize there’s always been body diversity.
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Sudi resting her hands on the dinner table.
![Sudi Kay in her Living room](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfcd3453393084d749da77d/3a2407e6-ce27-41ec-8033-50fcebb86490/11424-sudi-kamose-dundee-fl-34.jpg)
Sudi Kay in her Living room
![Entrepreneur Sudi Kay standing in her mango tree.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfcd3453393084d749da77d/a8e37e6c-b496-464d-ad5d-6d532ece3261/11424-sudi-kamose-dundee-fl-57.jpg)
Entrepreneur Sudi Kay standing in her mango tree.
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Personal items from Sudi
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Sudi holding up a frame with several images of herself and her family.
“I realized it was not my fault”
Sudi Kamose, Dundee, Fla., 33, teacher