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Why your doctor will not talk to you about obesity

Majority of doctors are neither warning their patients on the risks of obesity nor prescribing a lifestyle change.

“I was never told that my weight was a problem despite religiously attending antenatal clinics. I almost died during labour,” says Beth Mwachea, a businesswoman in Nairobi.

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