Dr. Ania Jastreboff
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And bottom line is, obesity is not your fault.
It is not a choice.
It is not about willpower.
It is about biology.
And it is a disease, and it's a treatable disease.
And now we have an effective... It's now treatable.
It's now treatable.
And now we have these highly effective, safe medications that can treat obesity, and in so doing, treat over 200 obesity-related diseases.
So what that means...
is that by treating this one disease, one patient at a time, we can transform the health and lives of millions of people.
We can transform the health of our nation and of the world.
And I do think that that's enough.
And I want to thank Oprah.
Because she's been the most vulnerable.
She's been the most shamed, the most blamed for something that has never been her fault.
And she has turned her pain, her silent pain, into something so wonderful for all of us.
So I thank you.
I thank you.