In this video interview, recorded just a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Beth tells her lipedema story as part of Lipedema Awareness Month. From childhood to her first diets, significant periods of weight gain, and her lipedema diagnosis well into adulthood, Beth takes us through the steps that made her the outspoken lipedema advocate she is now.

Beth also tells the story of how she became involved in social media under the name Curvygirlbeth. She explains how managing lipedema means maintaining her strength and mobility and staying as little inflamed as possible through exercising and a diet that works for her body. Though it was first identified in 1940, lipedema is still not well-known by the general public or the medical community, and Beth’s mission is to use her platform to increase understanding of this challenging condition.