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Originally Posted by hopeful
I have found in practice that doctors are extremely reluctant to speak to their patients about weight. As a school nurse, most of the doctors I spoke with concerning a students weight requested I speak with them and their parents about it. I have never understood why.
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(IMO) Among other things, confrontation & hostility. In recent years, there has been a backlash of radicalism regarding being overweight/obese, with clarion calls like, "Why fat doesn't mean unhealthy", "Just because you're overweight doesn't mean you're not healthy", "You can be fat and fit", etc. etc.
While there is some truth that weight isn't everything, and people should not be discriminated against/ostracized for legitimate weight issues, some—perhaps many—are using this as justification/rationalization for being
unhealthily overweight. Some are just defensive; others are downright aggressive/militant about it.
See also my previous.
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