"It would be really important that people who have an obesity problem are less stigmatized."

Why Classing Obesity As A Disease Might Be A Good Idea

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A report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group On Obesity has suggested that the UK takes a serious look at doing this

"It would be really important that people who have an obesity problem are less stigmatised. We used to have a stigma with HIV – we don’t any more. Journalists, the general public and even the medical profession stigmatise people who have a weight problem, and don’t treat them like everybody else. I think if it was a disease people would not think it was their own fault."