How Do You Identify Your Health Conditions?

Living with multiple chronic conditions (obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, some cancers) can shape how people understand and describe their health. This one minute survey is designed to learn how individuals prioritize and identify their health conditions, including obesity, to help inform more patient-centered education, care and advocacy efforts.

Your responses are anonymous and will only be reported in summary form.

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* 1. When thinking about your health, which condition do you identify with most?

Obesity

Type 2 diabetes

Heart disease

I don’t identify with any one condition first

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What most influences why you identify with that condition most? (Select one)

It impacts my daily life the most

It was diagnosed first

My healthcare provider focuses on it most

It feels most urgent to manage

I hear about it most from others (family, media, etc.)

Other (please specify)

Thank you! Your input helps strengthen OAC’s efforts to improve education, reduce weight bias and support access to care.