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> It's also rare for a doctor to tell a person they are too fat and to lose weight. I don't think this is true. Doctors do tell patients if they are overweight
by metabagel 3y ago
> It's also rare for a doctor to tell a person they are too fat and to lose weight.
I don't think this is true. Doctors do tell patients if they are overweight, and they do encourage them to make lifestyle changes including losing weight.
- psychlops 3y agoOkay, that's fair, I didn't provide data so you responded in kind. So I went to find a study: "Fewer than one of five overweight patients and slightly over half of obese patients reported being told they were overweight by their provider." So "rare" is the wrong word. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/journal-article/2009/feb/patient-provider-communication-about-health-effects-obesity https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/journal-articl...