Health
‘I knew I was obese for a long time’: Waiting years for help – Coffs Coast Advocate
Low motivation and shame are cited as just two of the reasons why many obese Australians wait almost a decade to do anything about it, new figures show.
Australians living with obesity are waiting up to nine years for help – three years longer than those in countries around the world.
Social stigma, lack of training for doctors and difficulty accessing support are all contributing to more and more Australians suffering in silence.
Just over 50 per cent of people with obesity discussed their weight with a health care professional in the past five years and more than half of those had to bring up the conversation themselves, new international da…
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