What they teach young doctors who are soon to be GPs is that Overweight is Bad For You.
What they don't teach, and should, is when pushing too hard on the issue does more damage.
A friend of mine not on LJ told me once that she was often pestered by her doctor to lose weight, whatever she went in with, but that trying to do so exacerbated her severe depression. It's healthier for her to be a little overweight than suicidal.
If it weren't for her, and you and a few others on the flist, the psychosocial side would not have occurred to me.
I think if it was my GP surgery, I would advise/help with weight loss if the patient 1. asked me to do so, or 2. was suffering from something with which it might help.
I can't access the link for some reason, but I'm assuming it's a doctor disagreeing with you in a 'I'm big, you're small, I'm right, you're wrong, and there's nothing you can do about it' fashion? I can only apologise on behalf of some members of my profession - there are a lot of judgemental doctors out there.
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What they don't teach, and should, is when pushing too hard on the issue does more damage.
A friend of mine not on LJ told me once that she was often pestered by her doctor to lose weight, whatever she went in with, but that trying to do so exacerbated her severe depression. It's healthier for her to be a little overweight than suicidal.
If it weren't for her, and you and a few others on the flist, the psychosocial side would not have occurred to me.
I think if it was my GP surgery, I would advise/help with weight loss if the patient 1. asked me to do so, or 2. was suffering from something with which it might help.
I can't access the link for some reason, but I'm assuming it's a doctor disagreeing with you in a 'I'm big, you're small, I'm right, you're wrong, and there's nothing you can do about it' fashion? I can only apologise on behalf of some members of my profession - there are a lot of judgemental doctors out there.