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“I come to this conversation with the hope that we can start releasing the stigma and the shame and the judgment, to stop shaming other people for being overweight or how they choose to lose – or not lose – weight and, most importantly, to stop shaming ourselves,” said Winfrey, who in late 2023 revealed she was taking anti-obesity medicine and received both support backlash.
Experts who treat people with obesity say Winfrey’s efforts to reduce the shame and stigma around obesity are important.
“When celebrities speak about weight loss medications, and even weight loss in general, people definitely pay more attention, and it brings more interest in options available for weight loss,” says Mir Ali, MD, a bariatric surgeon and medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center.
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