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PORTUGAL – OBESITY, TREATMENT AND STIGMA

January 4, 2021
Andrew
Portugal

In Portugal, our campaign continues against what is happening with the treatment of Covid19 that stopped treatments for other diseases including obesity.

Now if obesity is associated with 200 diseases and 13 types of cancer, it is not possible that this treatment will be interrupted.
The stigma created by hospital administrations will have very serious consequences in the very near future.
Stopping the treatment of obesity is still a demonstration of the misuse of public funds and consequent poor hospital management