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Obesity affects a billion people around the world, according to a study. And the suffering of obese people is not simply physical, as some of them explain.
(Franceinfo)
Obesity affects a billion people around the world, according to a study. And the suffering of obese people is not simply physical, as some of them explain.
One to three times a week, Laëtitia, Frédérique and their friends meet on a tbasketball court. The association “Le Club des Naïades” offers them a sport adapted to their obesity situation. “It’s far from easy. It’s certainly a healthy activity, but it’s still very physical”, testifies Laëtitia. They often went on diets, from the age of six years for Laëtitia, because her growth curve was slightly above average.
“It’s both psychological and physiological”
Restrictions that are most often counterproductive. “There comes a time when we can no longer follow a diet that is restrictive or not very restrictive, in any case, we can no longer do it. It is both psychological and physiological, because the body demands what it is for. used to”, explains Frédérique. For overweight people, everything is complicated, even getting treatment.
