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I considered obesity a disease. It can destroy you from within. It almost destroyed me, and I do not want that to happen to anybody.

Obesity is a problem that nearly every nation in the world is facing, but there is much that we can do to fix it.

The people in power have created an obesity epidemic.

Obesity is a societal issue. We have to come together with government, business, civil society, and NGOs to create solutions for this.

We can all agree that government can't solve the obesity crisis alone. It's an ongoing issue that will require a collaborative effort across private and public sectors if we want to see some long-term success.

Obesity affects every aspect of a people's lives, from health to relationships.

I really do believe that America has this weight problem - obesity issues - and we have all these diseases that we get - heart disease, cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases - that are primarily lifestyle diseases.

Each and every one of us has unknowingly played a part in the obesity problem.

You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it's really let us down.

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.