Everyone talks about losing weight. From dinner conversations to the doctor's office, to TV commercials, we seldom go through a day or two without hearing something about weight. We all know people who will not give us a break from hearing about their newest discoveries about the next weight management strategies. However, the question I ask is: why at all is this important? Does this bother us because we can no longer fit in the pretty dresses we bought a year ago or there is (or should be) more. This week, we chat with Dr. Ichha Sethi a board-certified family medicine and obesity care doctor about why losing weight is or ought to be important.

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