It is genuinely a medical condition. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), obesity is a chronic complex disease defined by excessive adiposity that impairs health. When this system becomes dysregulated, the body actively defends a higher weight, which is one reason “just eat less” so rarely works on its own.2

This matters because it changes the question from “What’s wrong with me?” to “What is happening in my body, and what support exists?” Understanding the biology is the first step away from blame.

Carrying excess body fat especially around the abdomen gradually adds strain to the heart, blood vessels and metabolism. Over time this raises the risk of conditions such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, sleep apnoea and joint problems.1,2

The encouraging part: risk is not fixed. Even modest changes in fitness and waist size can meaningfully lower these risks, often before the number on the scale moves much at all.2

You are far from alone. Drawing on  [Poland’s] National Health Programme data, excess body weight (a BMI above 25) is estimated to affect roughly [56% of Polish] adults, and abdominal obesity is especially common in women over 55.3

In other words, [more than half] the adults around you are somewhere on this same spectrum. It’s one of the most ordinary health topics there is — which is exactly why it deserves calm, factual information rather than shame.