Oprah Winfrey

And for the first time, there actually is real hope.

So if you're one of those hundreds of millions of people, or you love somebody who

who is one of the hundreds of millions of people struggling with their weight because of obesity, maybe this rings true for you.

I can say that almost for as long as I can remember,

weight has been a source of shame and embarrassment for me.

In fact, I can remember the very first time I was embarrassed by the idea of weight.

I'd gotten a scale at the Kmart and I was in the hallway standing on the scale and my father passed by and he says, no need you weighing yourself because you know, you're gonna be big.

You're going to be big.

And no matter what you do, you're always going to be big.

He says, have you seen your mother?

Have you seen your mother and your mother's sisters?

And he tells the story, he says, I had your mother and your mother's sisters in the back of my Buick and I could hardly drive off with my Buick because they were so big.

And I remember that moment and I carry that with me throughout my life.

You're gonna be big, you're gonna be big.

Remember your mother, remember your aunts.

And about three years ago, that core belief that I was destined to be big

started to shift in the most profound way when I learned that for so many of us, obesity is a disease.

The science is now clear.

Obesity is not a choice.

It is not caused by a lack of willpower or inherent laziness or you not doing enough.