WELCOME TO THE TEAL RIBBON MOVEMENT
The Teal Ribbon Movement is an awareness initiative dedicated to improving understanding of obesity as a chronic disease, reducing stigma, and promoting evidence-based care.
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Just as the Pink Ribbon has become a recognised symbol of breast cancer awareness around the world, the Teal Ribbon aspires to become a symbol of obesity awareness, compassion, dignity and hope.
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Obesity affects millions of people and is associated with serious health conditions including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, fatty liver disease, obstructive sleep apnoea, infertility and certain cancers. Yet despite its prevalence and impact, obesity remains one of the most misunderstood and stigmatised medical conditions.
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The Teal Ribbon Movement was established to help change this narrative.
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Our mission is to foster greater public understanding that obesity is a complex chronic disease influenced by biological, environmental, behavioural and societal factors. We believe that people living with obesity deserve respect, support and access to appropriate evidence-based treatment.
THE MOVEMENT IS GUIDED BY 3 CORE PRINCIPLES:
AWARENESS
To increase understanding of obesity, its causes, complications and impact on health and wellbeing.
DIGNITY
To reduce stigma, discrimination and weight bias, and to promote respectful, person-centred care.
TREATMENT
To improve awareness of evidence-based obesity treatment options, including lifestyle intervention, pharmacotherapy, endoscopic therapies and metabolic and bariatric surgery.
Together, we can build a future where obesity is understood, treated appropriately and discussed with the same compassion and seriousness as any other chronic disease.
Awareness. Dignity. Treatment.
What TEAL Means
