Weighing In On Weight

Diet Turning to a doctor when you're tackling a weight problem sounds like good advice. But new findings suggest patients don't always get the medical help they want or need.

by Kesshia Peyton

Published: Thu, July 02, 2009 - 3:17 am CST Last Updated: Thu, July 02, 2009 - 3:27 am CST

Turning to a doctor when you're tackling a weight problem sounds like good advice. But new findings suggest patients don't always get the medical help they want or need.
A study at Philadelphia's Temple University, shows patients feel like their being attacked about their weight when going to the doctor.
"Most striking was, almost universally, they really did not like the use of the word obese." said internist Dr. Stephanie Ward.
Those who took part in the study, say they want guidance, not criticism.
"A lot of people don't know how to eat from the food groups, how often to eat, how much to eat. So you're sending them out there in the world and telling them to lose weight, but you're not really giving them instructions on how to." said patient Felicia Edens.
66% of American adults are overweight and almost 26%are obese.

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KxVicious Says:

Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 1:24 pm

OH MY GOD. Of course people don’t like the word OBESE! That means they’ve been fat lazy losers and now they’re going to burden the rest of us with their health problems.

I’m 99.9% sure that I wasn’t the only person in my REQUIRED HEALTH CLASS in high school a few yeas ago. I’m also 150% sure that we learned about the food pyramid in that class.

Obesity is a disease the same way that laziness is a disease. Nobody likes to hear “lazy” describe them either!