A woman who once weighed more than 26 stone has lost half her body weight after having gastric sleeve surgery and taking Mounjaro and has said she now feels the impact of “thin privilege” as people are kinder to her. Angelina Bonsor, a 39-year-old barber and hairdresser, reached her heaviest weight of 26 stone 4lb (167kg) during the Covid-19 lockdown, when her diet consisted mainly of processed foods and takeaways.

Standing at 5ft 9ins, Angelina said she felt she “could eat what she wanted” at the time, as she was already on the waiting list for gastric sleeve surgery, which she believed would “fix” her weight. But after the sudden death of her brother in 2023 and her son being bullied because of her weight, she decided to make a change and began cutting back on processed foods.

She unde

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