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“Excuse me, but do I look like someone who cares?” – What doctors really think about obese patients
In the United States of America, if you are way too fat and decide to look out for help and find a doctor, you have half the chance that you will end up with a guy that thinks you are lazy, stubborn, and on top of that, ugly..
A recently published article on the American journal “Obesity Research” reports what doctors actually think about their obese patients and the causes and treatment of their obesity.
Authors of this study sent a questionnaire to 5000 American primary care physicians and the results were as follows:
BUT…. (here comes the good news !)
(wow! how thoughtful of them!)
So what this article is really showing is, that at least in the United States of America, if you are way too fat and decide to look out for help and find a doctor, you have half the chance that you will end up with a guy that thinks you are lazy, stubborn, and on top of that, ugly.
But the good news is: your Doctor might be willing to spend enough time with your case and tell you are great looking if you are willing to pay the bill…
Somebody looking for an appointment ?…..
Dr. Daniel Fuentes
Madrid, November 2, 2003
Reference: Primary Care Physicians' Attitudes about Obesity and Its Treatment.
Foster GD, Wadden TA, Makris AP, et al. Obes Res. 2003 Oct;11(10):1168-77