Some participants expressed personal barriers due to their own obesity:
So I found it hard, I found it hard initially to talk to people about it when I was obese myself, so that was probably one of my biggest stumbling blocks.
When resources and assistance became available through the project, powerlessness transformed into a feeling of personal power that fueled motivation to address the problem.
And throughout this I've worked on myself, and I've been able to now implement better education with my patients because I have done some of my own weight reduction, so that's kind of helped me to feel like I can talk to people.