People Magazine South Africa

Housebound By 20 Litres Of FAT!

KATIE BAKER, 31, unknowingly developed lipoedema - which causes an abnormal Katie, from Ontario, Canada, thought she was just ‘fat’, but despite changing her diet and undergoing a gastric bypass her legs continued to balloon and now weigh an estimated combined weight of 20kg. The former chef says she was dismissed by doctors for almost two decades as medics believed it was merely ‘swelling’ until September last year.

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