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Local woman Marie Sammon comes from Coosan in Athlone, and had battled with her weight since childhood. She gained lots of weight while her four children were young and went on lots of different diets depending on the fad at the time, losing weight and gaining twice as much after. Naturally enough, she found this very disheartening.

Two years ago, Agnes Mulvihill from Coosan attended a medical appointment for a knee replacement, and was told that an operation posed too much risk as she was too overweight. The exact word they used was ‘obese’, and Agnes left the appointment mortified.