Alcoholics know that they drink, chain smokers know that they smoke... Obesity has an impact on longevity that is on the same order of magnitude as cigarette sm

Alcoholics know that they drink, chain smokers know that they smoke... Obesity has an impact on longevity that is on the same order of magnitude as cigarette smoking. I would hope that it would come up during a checkup. If it doesn't, rationalize it however you want, but it's clearly because the doc decided it wasn't worth the risk of saying it out loud. In other countries it's not uncommon to be blunt about it with friends and family, let alone at the doctor's office, but in the US it's considered extremely rude. As a result, I know many people who have a skewed definition of obesity. To them a BMI of 30 is a tad overweight and obese starts maybe at 40. They're prescribed pills and CPAP machines and no one ever tells them they need to lose weight as long as their blood work looks decent. It's easy to neglect a health issue that no one wants to talk about.