Changing Perceptions of Weight: Increasing Numbers of People Are Failing to Recognize They Have a Weight Problem

More and more people are failing to recognize they are overweight, despite an actual rise in the number of people who are clinically "overweight" or "obese", according to new research published by the British Medical Journal.

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