Oprah Winfrey spoke candidly about dealing with weight stigma when she went shopping at her heaviest weight as she hosted a recent panel, Oprah Daily’s 'The Life You Want Class: The State of Weight'
Nicholas Rice is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial Intern in early 2020, before later transitioning to a freelance role, and then staff positions soon after. Nicholas writes and edits anywhere between 7 to 9 stories per day on average for PEOPLE, spanning across each vertical the brand covers.’s"The Life You Want Class: The State of Weight," where she discussed the obesity and weight crisis, which affects 2 billion adults globally.
"You all have watched me diet and diet and diet," she continued, before noting that it's "a recurring thing because my body always seems to want to go back to a certain weight."to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Detailing that she would notice how people would treat her differently when she weighed over 200 lbs., Winfrey said, "This is a world that has shamed people for being overweight forever."The former talk show host then explained that she found she dealt with that stigma the most while shopping.
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