Living with obesity - the mental health burden
India shares her story - as new research for the ±«Óătv highlights the mental health anguish that thousands of people living with obesity feel everyday.
This is a story that affects many thousands of people across the UK. It’s about obesity - and specifically about the mental health impact of living with the shame and stigma that it can bring. This comes as a survey by Ipsos Mori for the ±«Óătv found that those who are severely overweight have the poorest mental health and feel embarrassment and despair when they look in the mirror.
The job of the ±«Óătv correspondent, Jeremy Cooke, is to share stories about people and issues that often go un-noticed. We say they’re “hiding in plain sight”. In this edition of 5 Minutes On, he shares India's journey - a story of anguish and hope.
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