Dive into the challenges, triumphs, and complexities of managing lipedema while balancing a full-time career, gaining insights and support from experts and fellow sufferers alike. Whether you're directly affected by lipedema or seeking to understand more about this condition, this podcast provides a compassionate and informative space to learn and share.

Lipedema, the disease they call fat, is a chronic fat disorder that affects 17 million women in the USA and as many as 350 million women worldwide. It is often mistaken for simple obesity. Generally under-recognized and misdiagnosed, symptoms include pain, swelling and weight gain disproportionately distributed in the thighs, buttocks, legs, and hips with a smaller upper body. Lipedema fat is resistant to diet and exercise and without intervention progresses and worsens over time. This flash ...

Spotlight Lipedema focuses on bringing together people, mostly but not exclusively women, living with lipedema and lipo-lymphedema. We will share stories, what has helped and what has aggravated our lipedema. Spotlight Lipedema will also feature some lipedema and lymphedema experts from the community to help us learn more about current management techniques and what is happening with lipedema research.