The obesity epidemic - Challenge is for the individual

MOST people who are overweight are unhappy to be so. For the vast majority of obese people the feelings can be even stronger, many are deeply unhappy that they have lost control of such a fundamental aspect of their wellbeing.

Others struggle but fail to muster the energy, the willpower or even the time needed to change the habits that might kill them. Sometimes this can lead to feelings of self-loathing and cause the situation to spiral dangerously out of control.

That they are overweight is a consequence of personal behaviour does not make it easier to confront the situation; indeed it can make it even harder.