Aside from the actual example cited in the article which would appear to contravene "never", as well as plenty of reports from actual obese people, there's a li

Aside from the actual example cited in the article which would appear to contravene "never", as well as plenty of reports from actual obese people, there's a linked study with research on the various ways obesity can cause lower quality of care: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.12266/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.12266/full "Finally, physicians may over-attribute symptoms and problems to obesity, and fail to refer the patient for diagnostic testing or to consider treatment options beyond advising the patient to lose weight. In one study involving medical students, virtual patients with shortness of breath were more likely to receive lifestyle change recommendations if they were obese (54% vs. 13%), and more likely to receive medication to manage symptoms if they were normal weight (23% vs. 5%)."