I also wrote about lipedema. Check in particular, the work of Catherine Seo who herself has the condition. https://medium.com/the-shortform/raising-awareness-on-lipedema-695e8aa2b4da. .

Sherry in the past two days I have passed three women whilst shopping, who clearly have the condition. Not for a moment would I say that it's ALL to do with diet. There's clearly a tendency for some to succumb to the disease, as opposed to those skinny people who eat whatever they like. Anyway, I had a peak into their shopping trolleys, and it was not a pretty sight. Addto that, that two of them had obese children.

See I'm old enough to remember a time when nobody was obese. Not everyone was reed thin, but obesity wasn't even a word back then.

I urge anyone with this crippling condition to check Catherine Seo's work, and perhaps join some self help groups that are available on her site.