Millions of Australian women believe they're held to higher weight standards than men, according to new research by Juniper. Australia's leading digital healthcare clinic for women says weight-related shame and stigma remain widespread - especially for those considering medical weight loss treatments.

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A recent survey conducted by Juniper, an online women's health platform, found that one in four women who use medical weight loss treatments experience feelings of guilt or shame. The survey also revealed that 76% of women believe they are held to different weight standards than men, and nearly half think weight loss is primarily about willpower, despite medical experts stating that genetics and hormonal changes play significant roles.

Experts interviewed in the report emphasized that obesity is influenced by multiple factors beyond personal choice, including genetics, metabolism, and life stages such as menopause. The findings have prompted calls for greater government support for the 6.2 million Australian women classified as overweight or obese, and for a reduction in societal stigma surrounding weight management.

Report: 1 in 4 women feel 'shame' over medical weight loss

For most of her life, Tiffany Young says she's struggled with her weight. Being overweight, it's quite embarrassing seeing friends in supermarkets but being embarrassed about the way you look, so looking the other way and pretending you don't see people. The single mum of five counts herself among the 76% of women who, according to a new survey, believe they're held to a higher or different weight standards than men. It's quite a stigma that surrounds being overweight. The study, conducted by women's online health platform Juniper, also reveals almost half of Australian women believe losing weight is about willpower. Medical experts though say that just isn't the case. Obesity is a polygenic thing, there's a lot of genes that you've inherited and you had nothing to say of it when you were formed in your mother's womb. Dr Rami Bishay is a specialist endocrinologist. He says among the report's most concerning findings, one in five women who consider weight loss medications cheating. We are programmed to get hungrier every decade from the age of 40. The minute we start losing that first couple of kilos, our hunger hormones immediately starts to go up. Our metabolism goes down, even our temperature generation goes down. So a lot of metabolic changes happen immediately that resist weight loss. According to the Juniper survey, 31% of overweight women believe they could lose weight if they simply tried harder, while 23% consider being overweight a personal choice. For literally hundreds of years we've been told that weight loss is dependent on calories in versus calories out. Susie Burrell is one of Australia's leading dieticians and nutritionists. For some people, they won't be able to just eat less and move more, it just won't work because physiologically, hormonally, things change in their body over time, maybe as a result of genetics, maybe as a result of moving through the lifespan, moving into peri and menopause. These things can all affect an individual's ability to effectively lose body fat. I felt like my body was fighting against me. After gaining 30 kilos during COVID and finding it impossible to shred, Tiffany Young turned to Juniper. There was the medical doctor there that was giving me a consultation, also checking in on me. It made me feel safe. I had to go and have blood tests. They wanted some family history and there was also dieticians and health coaches and other people there to support me in other areas and help me change some of those habits. With the Juniper report finding one in four weight loss patients feel guilt or shame about their choice to use weight loss treatment, there are now calls for the government to do more to support the 6.2 million Australian women considered either overweight or obese. Weight loss treatment, this can save people's lives, reduce the risk of cancer, reduce their blood pressure, cholesterol. If you have fatty liver or diabetes, weight loss is probably the best thing you can do. There is a lot of guilt and shame about the need to lose weight for women. But the truth is that weight control for all of us in modern life is incredibly difficult. And as she continues her own journey to a healthy weight range, Tiffany Young says we all have a role to play in shedding the societal shame around weight management. We're accepting and supporting people from all different walks of life, as we should. But I think when it comes to our obesity, there's this harsh viewpoint that comes across.

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