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Open Government to advise recognition of level III obesity as a chronic disease

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Ensure the focus of treating Morbid Obesity, which is recognised as a chronic disease by the WHO, is actually on helping people manage their weight using both surgical and non-surgical treatment and access to appropriate medications, including GLP-1, and mental health support

This will help people who have often spent their lives being made to feel demonised because, while they are suffering from a treatable disease, it has for far too long been dismissed instead as just a lack of will power. It should help people live longer more productive and healthier lives.

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