Article: Obese Patients Trust Fat Doctors More

Solution: If your BF% isn't below a certain point, you shouldn't receive healthcare. You should be left to die or lose the weight and stop being a burden on society. Why should we pay for your problems that you yourself caused? Obese people are bringing us ALL down. They cost more money in every way, plain and simple. They consume more resources, use more healthcare, and we have to keep re-engineering things so their fat asses can use it. All healthcare and law enforcement professionals should also have to keep their fat down and if they don't their jobs should be taken away. I feel so secure every time I see fat police officers. It's a ****ing joke.
 
Is anyone really surprised by this article?!? Of course obese people find trust and comfort from another obese person (Dr.) just like fit and in-shape people tend to gravitate towards fit and in-shape people. It's human nature. 600 people is an extremely small sample considering the enormous (pun intended) obesity epidemic in this country, but I would think you would see similar results if the sample were larger (no pun here).
 
As a former obese person and having many family and friends that are obese..the majority of fat people feel like skinny or in shape people don't understand what it's like to be overweight therefore won't know how to deal with it.. It makes no sense obviously since a doctor doesn't have to have to have a broken leg to understand how to treat it.

The flip of the coin however is that many doctors don't understand diet and nutrition.

ponysteaks comments are obviously ridiculous though. Obesity, alcoholism, diabetes, drug addictions.. etc are all self inflicted problems. Does that mean none of these people should receive healthcare? I'm not talking about free healthcare as I don't believe in it.
 
actionhero said:
As a former obese person and having many family and friends that are obese..the majority of fat people feel like skinny or in shape people don't understand what it's like to be overweight therefore won't know how to deal with it.. It makes no sense obviously since a doctor doesn't have to have to have a broken leg to understand how to treat it.

The flip of the coin however is that many doctors don't understand diet and nutrition.

ponysteaks comments are obviously ridiculous though. Obesity, alcoholism, diabetes, drug addictions.. etc are all self inflicted problems. Does that mean none of these people should receive healthcare? I'm not talking about free healthcare as I don't believe in it.
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And it seems the most common advice we see these days is huge caloric deficits rather than finding a balance between caloric reductions and expenditures. Its funny really. People that are 250lbs eating 2800 calories per day think the best option is to cut down to 1500 calories in order to lose weight, not realizing the metabolic consequences involved. Truth is, most fat people dont eat enough!

People are still adhering to this seemingly logical, yet misleading concept that "calories in/calories out" is all that matters and to lose fat means to be in deficit. We gotta bust that myth one soul at a time...
 
This problem runs parallel to almost all other problems in society. It's like poverty. You can't cure poverty by giving poor people money. It doesn't work. You can't cure obesity by saying "eat less". You have to educate, so the people effected can see why what they are doing doesn't work and why a successful approach will. Once people understand, chances of "buy-in" is that much greater.
 
Physicians aren't dieticians or nutritionists, that's true. But a thin, fit physician surely knows a thing or two about physical activity and portion control. For the vast majority of Americans they could simply go for walks and start a caloric restriction diet program and move into a much more healthy BMI rnage.

The fact that obese patients trust obese doctors more tells me just how far we've got our collective heads in the sand. That's phenomenally stupid.
 
Rdcopps said:
This problem runs parallel to almost all other problems in society. It's like poverty. You can't cure poverty by giving poor people money. It doesn't work. You can't cure obesity by saying "eat less". You have to educate, so the people effected can see why what they are doing doesn't work and why a successful approach will. Once people understand, chances of "buy-in" is that much greater.
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I agree. I was actually using that same argument between the poor and the rich just yesterday, that the only thing that separates them is education. More so, this applies to all things including areas of town (whether they are wealthy and safe) and obesity vs. lean.

It all goes back to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. If you aren't safe and can't obtain the most basic needs, you can never move beyond and accomplish greater things, establish greater relationship, etc. One of the most effective ways to raise someone (or even an entire culture) further up the Maslow diagram is to educate them. Good post.
 
fueledpassion said:
And it seems the most common advice we see these days is huge caloric deficits rather than finding a balance between caloric reductions and expenditures. Its funny really. People that are 250lbs eating 2800 calories per day think the best option is to cut down to 1500 calories in order to lose weight, not realizing the metabolic consequences involved. Truth is, most fat people dont eat enough!

People are still adhering to this seemingly logical, yet misleading concept that "calories in/calories out" is all that matters and to lose fat means to be in deficit. We gotta bust that myth one soul at a time...
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So true, repped :)
 
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