The Coalition against Morbid Obesity has launched a social media campaign to combat morbid obesity. The campaign includes two video testimonies that viewers are invited to watch and share, in which two people affected by morbid obesity recount their stories.
Diagnosed with the young onset form of the disease, Dr. Soania Mathur overcame the desire to hide her condition and has emerged as a driven advocate for improving the treatment and quality of life for Parkinson’s patients
“I looked at volunteering for Doctors without Borders in some war-torn area for a couple of years. And then I thought, ‘Well, if you’re going to do that, why not do something really dangerous—like go into local politics?’ ”
