--- title: Johann Hari | TIME description: Johann Hari is the author of three New York Times best-selling books. His most recent book is Magic Pill:The Extraordinary Benefits And Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs, published on May 7, 2024 by Penguin Random House. canonical: https://time.com/author/johann-hari/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/johann-hari/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Johann Hari ## Johann Hari Johann Hari is the author of three _New York Times_ best-selling books. His most recent book is [_Magic Pill:_](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743989/magic-pill-by-johann-hari/)_The Extraordinary Benefits And Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs_, published on May 7, 2024 by Penguin Random House. ## Johann Hari *  May 9, 2024 ### [The Land That Doesn't Need Ozempic](https://time.com/6974579/japan-food-culture-low-obesity/) Some 43% of Americans are obese, compared with just 4.5% of Japanese people. What explains this gap? [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/johann-hari/","name":"Johann Hari"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/johann-hari/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/johann-hari/"},"name":"Johann Hari","jobTitle":null,"description":"Johann Hari is the author of three New York Times best-selling books. His most recent book is Magic Pill:The Extraordinary Benefits And Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs, published on May 7, 2024 by Penguin Random House.","url":"https://time.com/author/johann-hari/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```