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Doctors take care of people who don't take care of themselves all the time, everyday. It's part of being a doctor.

• jlarocco 10y ago
  And when those people go to the doctor with complaints related to not taking care of themselves, the doctors tell them they need to stop drinking, smoking, or whatever. Why would obesity be any different?
  • jakebasile 10y ago
    Telling them to correct the initial cause is wholly different than not treating the symptoms or not mitigating damage because "they don't deserve it" or "they can't even take care of themselves".
    • jlarocco 10y ago
      I'm not sure it has anything to do with the patient "deserving it" or not. Nobody wants to put effort into something when somebody else is actively working against it.
      • jakebasile 10y ago
        Big people do not want to be obese, and doctors are paid for their efforts. Nobody sets out with the life goal of being fat.