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Transcript: Marjorie Mau, M.D.

Weight loss sometimes creates new problems, such as domestic violence

[Mau:]
It’s fairly obvious that Polynesian people, which Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are just one—
[Lindberg:]
Pretty easy to get overweight.
[Mau:]
Right. I mean we’re big people.
[Lindberg:]
Yeah.
[Mau:]
That’s fairly obvious. But sometimes people are using it as a means of protection. Sort of providing distance from other people, particularly in women.