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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
That's if the person is "unhealthy". (quotations because I understand that being overweight is unhealthy, I mean it in a way as having clogged arteries, etc.) Not every overweight person has these things wrong. I'm obese, have tried everything to lose it, but I can't because of my insulin level. Besides that everything else is perfect. (just had a FULL bloodwork physical last October so yes it's recent) You can't always assume that overweight people are very unhealthy.
Come to remember, the woman doctor I went to wasn't exactly nice about the way she told me stuff. She kept telling me that my knee problem was no excuse to not work out (at 15 I was told not to do anything athletic without a knee brace, which I no longer have... I've had knee probs since I was born, not due to being overweight) She wasn't understanding the pain I get in when trying to work out without it. I needed the stern-ness, and she did put me on a diet to lower my insulin which started to work, but she didn't have to be so stern about my knee when she doesn't know the pain I go through every time I work out. (I just walk it off now, I guess feeling like your knee cap is gona bust outa place for the rest of the day and sometimes week isn't so bad of a feeling)
But I didn't write a letter to the board or even say anything to her. I just stopped goin to her and went to the other doc.
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Maybe you're an exception, but you can't always assume the healthiness or unhealthiness of anyone, overweight or not. The fact is that being obese can still lead to a whole host of problems (clogged arteries, vascular disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, joint problems, etc.). I feel like it's in any doctor's realm to warn their patients against gaining too much weight, and to get that point across clearly.
Any doctor who wouldn't do anything in his or her power to help a patient in that situation would be negligent, in my opinion.