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Obesity: Changing the conversation

By The DO Staff

06.25.23

Obesity is a complex medical condition rapidly becoming a global health concern due to its impact on physical health and its link to chronic diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. In addition to these health challenges, social stigma rooted in societal biases has led to prejudice and discrimination that further propagate the condition’s damaging physical and psychological consequences.