Oprah Winfrey addresses her decades-long weight shaming in obesity drug TV show

Opening the TV special, Winfrey said: “In my lifetime, I never dreamed that we would be talking about medicine that is providing hope for people like me who have struggled for years with being overweight or obesity.
Oprah Winfrey addresses her decades-long weight shaming in obesity drug TV show

Oprah Winfrey addresses her decades-long weight shaming in obesity drug TV show.

Oprah Winfrey said she took on the “shame that the world gave to me” after 25 years of those “making fun of my weight”.

The US star addressed the myths surrounding obesity and the growing trend of weight management medication in a TV special titled An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame And The Weight Loss Revolution on the American network ABC.

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