The Surgery That Changed EverythingMassie had tried Weight Watchers, keto, South Beach — “all of the things,” she said. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement AdvertisementLived Experience as a ToolUnder Massie’s leadership, the OAC has leaned hard into a core belief: that people living with obesity belong in the room where decisions about their care are made. No One-Size-Fits-AllResearchers have identified more than 40 known causes of obesity, Massie noted, yet treatment has largely lagged behind that complexity. “We’re getting to a time where my obesity treatment and your obesity treatment and a third person’s obesity treatment might be completely different,” she said. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement AdvertisementAs Massie’s term as chair winds down this coming January, her message to Baltimore is simple: obesity is a chronic disease, not a character flaw, and there is no single path through it.