New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- In an interview with CBS News, global media icon Oprah Winfrey spoke candidly about her decades-long struggle with weight - a journey that, she said, reflects a wider misunderstanding of obesity as a moral failing rather than a medical condition.

Asked whether getting dressed feels different today, Winfrey described a quiet but meaningful change. "It's a joy to pack clothes knowing they'll fit and that I'll feel good in them," she told CBS News, calling it a powerful shift after years of weight fluctuations lived under constant public scrutiny.

Despite her extraordinary professional success, Winfrey said weight remained a deeply personal battle. Recalling a moment from 1985, when she was bluntly questioned about he...