**Fat Feet & Swollen Legs** Lipoedema is commonly misdiagnosed as Obesity โฆwhy it is crucial for GPโs to diagnose Lipoedema (Painful Fat Syndrome) early By Dr. Naveen Somiaย PhD.,FRACS With popular culture promoting the beauty ideal as a slim figure, people are under enormous pressure to conform to this ideal. Women, who donโt fit the ideal often feel a sense of shame and insecurity. While people who are overweight can do something about it, people have Lipoedema can diet, exercise, starve or have stomach stapling surgery but nothing will change as their fat cells do not respond to diet or exercise. Lipoedema is commonly misdiagnosed as Obesity and as a result Lipoedema patients often find themselves as prisoners in their own body and suffer in silence.themselves as themselves as prisoners in their own body and suffer in silence. in their own body and suffer in silence.