I want to tell you about a condition called lipedema. It's chronic, progressive, and affects an estimated 11% of women. It causes disproportionate fat accumulation, usually in the legs and sometimes the arms, along with pain, fatigue, and easy bruising. It doesn't respond to diet or exercise, which means most of the standard advice given to people with this condition is wrong for them. It is almost universally misdiagnosed as obesity. Most women who have it don't know it has a name yet.